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I feel uneasy going to bed while charging stuff overnight. Ain't no way I'm leaving a candle lit all night lol.
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My parents brought in a lady who had accidentally burned down her apartment (fell asleep with a candle lit) when I was a kid. 
She brought her cat to live with us too, and I remember us spending a lot of time in the backyard listening to and talking about birds.
She died less than a year later from a combo of cancer and pneumonia, my parents later told me that she refused chemo treatment.
Overall, I think she was just grateful to have a safe space to spend the last little bit of her life. >

Kid you not, I was laying in bed with a candle lit on my dresser on the other side of the room. I rarely have a candle lit and have never thought of going to sleep with one until I made up my mind tonight to do just that. Figured it was safe enough as it's a tall inset Yankee candle - no animals. Well you just un-made my mind and I just got back from blowing it out. 
Tldr: may have just saved my life or apartment. >

I slept with a candle lit all night last night and my husband woke up PISSED. I guess now I see why.