I'm Shannon - high school teacher, candlemaker, and woman behind Asha Candle Co. I've been obsessed with candles for as long as I can remember. No ambiance is complete without the perfect lighting and music. As I got older, I found I could no longer tolerate the overpowering, artificial scents of mass-produced candles. I was getting headaches and noticing a residue in the air that did not seem quite right. I did some research and learned some alarming facts about mass-produced candles. I decided it was time to ditch the paraffin and dyes and burn something cleaner in my home. So I began making my own soy candles with clean ingredients and dreamed of one day starting a business. 

Then, in 2018 my husband Jason was diagnosed with terminal cancer and my whole world changed in an instant. I dropped everything and immersed myself in all things melanoma, determined to be the best cancer wife possible. J took a different approach. He used his diagnosis as fuel and immediately got to work fulfilling his lifelong dream of making a solo record. In between harsh, invasive treatments he wrote songs and spent his days in the recording studio with friends creating music and sharing stories. He chose to maximize every second he had left on this earth doing what he loved with the people he loved. It was truly inspiring.