Making Time for Family

November 05, 2018Lynn Jordan1 comment

"If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs..."

These words from Rudyard Kipling's poem, "If", came to my mind the other day as I was thinking about the upcoming holiday season. Thanksgiving and Christmas can be such a stressful time, and these days it seems as if the close-knit family celebrations from our childhood have become lost in today's commercialization of the season. As parents of grown children with families and responsibilities of their own, Mike and I have found it more and more difficult to coordinate schedules to spend time together with the kids at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Last year, I decided it was time to take action and make family time a priority...BEFORE the holiday season reached its peak. We planned a family beach weekend early enough to avoid the holiday rush. Later this week, we're doing it again. I hope to make this a family tradition for years to come.

Mike and I are in a second marriage for each of us. Our blended family consists of his two sons and my daughter, and over the years our family has grown with their spouses and children. The addition of each new member had made our family that much richer. Over the years it has become less about "yours" or "mine" and more about "ours". Our family continues to grow as we await the arrival of a new leaf on our Jordan family tree this spring when we will welcome a new grandchild...a little boy this time to carry on the Jordan name.

Taking advantage of our great weather this time of year and reduced rates on beach properties, we've rented a condo big enough for everyone to spread out, yet cozy enough that we are able to spend quality time together. We will all take time out from busy schedules and spend a long weekend together. We've been fortunate that for the past two years, Veteran's Day has fallen on the weekend giving us an extra day to be together. We'll play board games, watch college football, take walks on the beach, cook and eat meals together, laugh and tell stories. But most importantly, we'll spend quality time together...as a family. Time is truly the most precious gift that we can give to each other...and that is really what the holidays are all about.

As the holidays approach, I hope that all of you are able to find time to spend with your loved ones to reconnect and make memories.

~Lynn

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Michelle Segrest February 01, 2019 11:19 AM CST

Family time is the best! Hope you have a special and remarkable weekend with your beautiful family!!!

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Bon Secour, Alabama is a coastal community with huge live oak trees covered in Spanish moss, great blue herons, brown pelicans, ever-present bottle nosed dolphins and the potent smell of salty gulf waters. The name "Bon Secour" is derived from the French phrase meaning "safe harbor" due to the secluded location on the inside coast of the Fort Morgan Peninsula of southern Alabama. Its history is rooted in the shrimping and fishing industry with many of the current families tracing their roots in this seafaring life back for generations. People in this community believe in hard work, looking out for neighbors and the importance of one’s word.

It is upon these simple traits that Bon Secour Candle Company has built its reputation of creating quality products at a reasonable price with excellent customer service.

Our small batch soy candles and wax melts are hand poured in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Please feel free to contact us with questions or suggestions. We love to hear from our customers!

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August 29, 2019Lynn Jordan

When I started Bon Secour Candle Company nearly 5 years ago, I had no idea that it would become the business it is today. By combining my passion for fragrance with Mike’s sales and marketing experience, we’ve worked together to expand our home-based business. We have shipped our products all over the country and partnered with other great small businesses to sell our candles and wax melts. We’ve enjoyed meeting our customers at local arts and craft shows and getting to know you through social media. However, our company has grown as much as it can with just the two of us.

We are excited to announce that we are joining forces with Tara Gifford and her staff at Blue Girl Beading Company. Tara has been sharing her talents with our community for over 15 years! She creates custom, One of a kind jewelry as well as teaching classes. Recently Tara has added Silversmithing to her repertoire which has opened many new doors for her creativity to shine! We’ll be moving our production equipment to Blue Girl Beading giving us more hands to pour, as well as another retail location for selling. Our customers can continue to expect the same quality products and customer service with which we’ve grown our business.

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When burning your soy candle for the first time, it is important to allow the candle to burn for 2 1/2-3 hours. Soy wax has a "memory" and helps to avoid the candle from "tunneling" down the center of the container and may cause you not to get the best scent throw. By allowing your soy candle to create it's initial memory burn, will help the candle to create a full melt pool of wax, and increases the candle's scent throw.

To prevent your soy candle from producing black soot, always trim your wick to 1/4" before lighting your candle. Always burn your candle on a level, heat resistant surface. If the wick begins to have a large flame, starts flickering constantly, or if the wick becomes larger than 1/4" extinguish the flame with a wick dipper (a great tool for extinguishing your candle without creating a lot of smoke) let cool for 1-2 hours, re-trim wick and re-light. Always keep the wick centered, this is best done after the candle has been extinguished and the wax is still soft.

Our natural fiber wicks are self-trimming and are made to curl slightly when burning which help our candles to produce lower soot. At times a carbon mushroom may appear at the top of the wick, this is unburned carbon that has collected on the wick. If this happens to your candle, extinguish it and let cool and trim the wick to 1/4" and re-light your candle.

Although Bon Secour Candle Company's candles are highly fragrant, sometimes the homes we live in have large open spaces that combine many living areas. Some of our fragrances are bolder and will scent an entire home, while others are lighter and have been designed to achieve a soothing ambiance. Our recommendation for those with large living spaces is to have an additional Bon Secour Candle Company candle to achieve maximum scent throw for these larger living spaces.

Unlike paraffin wax melts, our all-natural soy wax melts do not evaporate. After the scent is burned off, simply pour the soy wax into a lined trash can, or similar container. Our soy wax is bio-degradable. Never pour wax down your sink drain, it can clog.

Our soy wax is bio-degradable and cleans up with hot soapy water.