When Did it Start

Candles
I'm not quite sure how anyone could overlook them.
I get asked a lot why I like them so much and why I collect them. It all started when both of my bestfriends were busy for awhile in the fall, I was reading a lot at that time. I had been laying on my bed reading for a few hours when this horrible erie feeling came over me. I had no idea why, but I felt so alone and afraid. So I sent a text Abby's (one of the two BFF's) way and she said: "Light a candle and it will keep you company." But I had none so the next day when she came and got me for school, she handed me a small juicy apple candle and said I got this for you. She's always doing nice things like that for me. So then I preceded to steal a couple candles from Tyler's (the other friends) mother.
Then I got a cranberry mandarin\and then I got a cinnamon
and I just kept collecting more and more until I had specific times I could burn each and I divided them into seasons and which ones I'm saving until I move and now I have a select few that I burn while 40 others sit on my shelf to be saved for a collection I want at my new house I'm moving into in the summer.
So I like them because they make me feel like I'm not alone when I really am
The scents remind me of certain times in my life
I like playing in the melted wax
I love having a collection of something that's mine
By the way I always get Wal*Marts mainstays brand.
They are cheap and wonderful.
and this may sound a little silly but now I don't know if I could live a day without candles in my life.