One Life and aromatherapy

Captain's Log, Supplemental

One of the girls in my youth group spearheaded a One Life Revolution fundraiser at our church to raise money for families of AIDS in Africa. It’s a very cool program and we raised enough money for 294 children in Africa.

To end the fundraiser, she arranged a symbolic candle lighting ceremony. The youth group kids each got a candle, which they lit from a single “Timothy” candle, and they in turn lighted 294 tea lights, one for each of the children they’d raised money for.

(And yes, we made sure we had the fire extinguisher handy. These are teenagers, after all.)

Of course, at the end, she was stuck with 294 tea lights and the candles the youth group used to light them. I volunteered to take the candles.

I will actually use these tea lights. I have an aromatherapy candle diffuser that I use when I write.




I fill it with some homemade lavender and eucalyptus infusion water, and as the water evaporates, the lavender and eucalyptus smell fills my small office.

The aromatherapy is for relaxation (lavender) and clearing my sinuses (eucalyptus) to prevent sinus headaches, which hit me every time the barometric pressure changes.

I go through tea lights pretty quickly, so these 294 tea lights will last me the rest of the year!

Anyone else use aromatherapy?