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Choosing to found a candle company in their late 40s is hardly a road that most single dads would take when they're raising two kids and balancing a career.

But I'm not one to avoid taking roads that most others aren't willing to take.

The decision to take this unconventional path stems from two desires: finding both a fun activity to engage my kids and an outlet for my creativity.

Preparing to graduate college, I planned on going to culinary school and embarking on a career in the restaurant business. Despite the joy I found in expressing my creativity through food, however, I quickly learned that the restaurant business wasn't conducive for the family life I hoped to have. That didn't stop me from cooking though. I persisted in cooking for myself and others constantly -- everything from scrambled eggs to creme brulee to homemade pickles.

This enthusiasm for cooking found its way into a zeal for candle making. A lover of candles since I was in college, I found a kit to make my own fragrant candles and soon fell in love with the opportunity to express my creativity in a way that transcended food.

After sharing my homemade candles with friends who soon fell in love with them, I imagined turning this hobby into a business -- and taking on some partners to make it happen: my two boys.

Struggling to find a way to keep them off screens while seeking a challenging opportunity that would build lifelong skills, I offered them the chance to be my business partners -- after a rigorous application process, of course -- and they accepted.