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Alicia Wilburn s candle line, Two Fat Babies, features a cartoon of her two children on the label. The pandemic has threatened her business just north of Richmond, but she s found relief in the community of Black-owned businesses. (Photo: Alan Rodriguez Espinoza/VPM News)
About two and a half years ago, Alicia Wilburn began a new candle line as part of her company, Mama A’s Bath and Body Products, which is Black and Indigenous owned. She named the new series of candles “Two Fat Babies,” and the label features a cartoon of her two children.
Wilburn says the plan was to quit her full time job this year so she could focus solely on her business. But COVID-19 brought a change of plans. She says she’s become “well acquainted with being under-rested.”