Starfish ceramic hand thrown soy wax cotton wick vessel

 A specialty vessel made exclusively for CDKL5 Awareness month! 100% soy wax cotton wick and filled with our ‘Vacation’ scent ! Notes of coconut sugar pineapple passionfruit. These vessels are HANDMADE & HAND THROWN by our local Potter friend from A New Leaf Pottery. 

The IFCR has adopted the starfish as the symbol of our organization because it reminds us to keep going and never give up. It was inspired by The Starfish Thrower.

The Starfish Story

Adapted from The Star Thrower by Loren Eiseley (1907 – 1977)

Once upon a time, there was a wise man who liked to go to the ocean and walk on the beach.
One day, as he was walking along the shore, he looked down the beach and saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself at the thought of someone who would dance to the day, so he walked faster to catch up.

As he got closer, he noticed that the figure was that of a young boy, and that what he was doing was not dancing at all. The young boy was reaching down to the shore, picking up starfish and gently throwing them into the ocean, beyond the breaking waves.

“I must ask, why are you throwing starfish into the ocean?” asked the somewhat startled wise man.

To this the young boy replied, “The sun is up and the tide is going out. If I don’t throw them in, they’ll die.”

Upon hearing this, the wise man commented, “But, young child, do you not realize that there are miles and miles of beach and there are starfish all along every mile? You can’t possibly make a difference!”

As if he hadn’t heard, the young boy bent down, picked up yet another starfish and threw it lovingly back into the ocean. As it met the water, he turned, smiled and said, “I made a difference to that one!”

This story serves as a powerful reminder that each one of us has the power within ourselves to make a difference in the lives of others right now! It is a refusal to accept failure and a reminder that by working together we can persevere against the odds.