09/11/2026
I want to share a little backstory about Mississippi Candle Company and ask our community to help me show love to a family who means more to us than I could ever put into words. ❤️
When I started this company, I truly started with nothing.
I used credit cards to buy the supplies I needed to make candles, and I spent my weekends setting up at art festivals, hoping people would stop by my little booth and buy something I had made. I had a dream of turning this into something bigger, but at the time, I had absolutely no idea what the future would hold.
In 2020, I knew I wanted to leave the corporate world and give my business a real chance, but dreams don’t pay the bills overnight. Josh and I made the decision to move from Alabama to Mississippi, where we didn’t have friends or family nearby. We were starting over in so many ways.
But then we met our neighbors.
They didn’t stay “just neighbors” for very long. They became family.
They believed in us when Mississippi Candle Company was still just a dream we were trying desperately to build. They supported our business by purchasing the products I was making. They encouraged us. They cheered us on.
And when I still needed a job to help make ends meet, they gave me an incredibly flexible part-time work schedule so I could continue building my business.
Then came a day I will never forget.
I received the largest order I had ever received still to this day, and I knew I couldn’t continue doing both. I had to make a choice and take a chance on myself and this little company.
Instead of being upset that I needed to leave, they gave me grace. They let me walk away with absolutely no hard feelings because they understood what that moment meant for me.
They loved us. They believed in us. And they were part of our story before most people even knew our name.
Today, Mississippi Candle Company has grown into something I could have only dreamed about during those early days of maxing out credit cards, making candles, and setting up at art festivals.
But I have never forgotten the people who helped us along the way.
Now, this family is walking through one of the hardest seasons imaginable. They have lost a husband, a father, and a grandfather.
He was truly such a wonderful man with one of the biggest hearts. He and his family showed us kindness when they had absolutely nothing to gain from it, and I will forever be grateful for the love they showed Josh and me when we were trying to find our way.
Now I want to show some of that love back to them.
If Mississippi Candle Company has ever meant something to you, I’m asking our community to come together for a family who meant something to us long before any of this existed.
If you’re able, please consider donating to their GoFundMe. No amount is too small. And if you aren’t in a position to donate, simply sharing it would mean so much. I have already met their goal but I would love to see this exceed that. The link is in the comments ♥️
They believed in our dream when it was just a dream.
Now I hope we can surround them with the same love they once surrounded us with. ❤️
Please keep this beautiful family in your thoughts and prayers as they navigate an unimaginable loss.