About Us

Being an entrepreneur was never in my "5 or 10 year plan", but 14 years ago my beautiful, clever daughter, who loves video games and cheesy puns (she gets those last two from her father) was born with a physical disability. That single, simple curveball in life has taken us all on a wild and sometimes wacky roller-coaster ride of eight surgeries, one-near death experience, and umpteen attempts to learn new things about medicine just so we can grasp the basics of what-the-heck is going on…and yes, we've had plenty of fun times mixed in among all the crazy. But all that "family fun" irrefutably taught me that plans are flexible and not really anything to get too hung up on. Give it a few minutes and everything you thought you knew might very well change.

Even so, some years back when I, myself, became disabled with a progressive, rather inconvenient, frequently painful (but certainly not fatal) condition, I will confess to letting it get me down for a while. There went my career. It was too difficult for me to work. I needed frequent breaks. Rest days. Lots of accommodation that typical employers could not feasibly provide.

I realized quickly that my previous joy in life was fading. All the things and people I loved were still around me… but between being very tired and taking care of others, I had been neglecting myself. I started noticing the friends in my life were slipping away. I realized how much harder it was for us to get together, but how we still threw our heads back and laughed with abandon like high schoolers when we did meet up. We all echoed the same sentiment. It was so hard to "allow ourselves" some time each day or each week. Simple time to regroup and recharge. We felt we needed permission from ourselves, that, for one reason or another, we could not grant. We treated ourselves in ways, held ourselves to standards, that we'd fight someone for holding our children or family to.

In reality, we'd be so much better off if we could treat ourselves more kindly. Make room in our lives for a bit of grace for us. Heck, make space in our lives for our own selves. It can look simple. Settle in with our favorite music while doing a nightly facial ritual to make ourselves feel pampered and worthy. Maybe take time in the bath enveloped in warmth and surrounded by the scent of our favorite bath bomb to relax some stress away.

I have a lot to say about what I've learned about stress and letting go of certain things. And I'll share my experiences (for whatever they are worth) on the blog. But this is how Make Room for Grace started. I noticed a need in myself to "get back out there" and this is a way I can do so on my terms. I can literally lay down on the job. I simultaneously noticed a need for curated products for women like me. Things to help us relax. Some of the items on offer are the kind of "splurge" items we'd really never buy for ourselves. I put my Masters degree to work and for months scoured the internet for good, quality products that I could offer at reasonable prices. I think I succeeded and new items are being added all the time as we expand and grow. In fact, if there is a category of product you'd like to see, but don't, feel free to email us customerservice@makeroom4grace.com

I want you to feel at home here. If you ever wanted a bestie or Auntie that gathered together all the best, hidden stuff on the internet and was like, "here you go babe!", well, I did it for you. If you're young, you can call me Auntie K. If you're starting to sprout some "glitter" in your hair like me, (That's southern for gray hair darlin') Then I'm cousin K or just K when you reach out by email or on our Facebook page. I hope you enjoy your time here.  I hope just browsing makes you feel better. Sometimes simply looking is fun. This whole website that is growing as we go is my wish to each woman. I wish you peace, safety, serenity, hope. I wish you courage to follow your dreams. I wish you resolve. But most of all, I wish you joy. Because life is more than survival. My Nana would say, "sometimes you have to grab happiness and wring it out like a wet dish rag!"  I'm pretty sure she meant that sometimes you have to decide, just wake up and out of pure determination or spite or whatever else, just choose you are going to be happy and find somebody to drag along with you if you must, but play hookey, go to the beach, the lake or picnic at the park. Don't let life run off with your happiness. Grab it from time to time and show it who's boss. Nana was a character, but she was also pretty smart. 

With warmth, love and understanding,

Auntie  K