About

I’m Grace… AKA Gracie… AKA Intricate Grace.

… I’m a 30-something-year-old wife to my handsome husband and best friend, Taison + a mom to three adorable kiddos. We have two beautiful little girls (Irish Twins!) Harley & Skye, and an adorable son named Beau.

I don’t feel like I’m simple, but “complex” doesn’t have a great vibe. Intricate has a nice ring to it, not only because I believe it appropriately describes me, but also covers many of the aspects I wish to cover with this blog.

Discovering Self-Fulfillment Through The Intricacies Of Daily Life. I hope to improve my and my family’s life for the better, all while documenting my successes and failures too, and hope that my journey helps others too!

I’ve worked in many different areas such as retail, diamond sales, and banking – but I left it all behind when I became a mom for the first time to Harley. Living in a small town, it was either become a stay-at-home mom or… well, become a stay-at-home mom! Ha ha. Childcare, where I live, is non-existent in all honesty because what is available is limited at best and requires at least a two-year waitlist. Seriously!

But although staying at home to be a mom full time was definitely the start of an amazing journey that I will say is the greatest adventure of my life – It quickly became clear that it was also the HARDEST thing I’ve ever done and continue to do.

I felt compelled to start this blog not only as a way to potentially help replace the income I lost in quitting my ‘job’ and replace my title as “mom” [the job that requires overtime every day, with no pay ;)]; get out of debt and help support my handsome hubby with the burden of taking on all of our bills, but also to serve as a source of relatability that I could have used when I needed it most.

What I mean by the above is that when I became a mom for the first time, and then quickly went from one baby to two, I found myself in a state of survival mode for a solid two years that stripped everything I thought I knew about myself down to, well, nothing.

Suffering from postpartum depression, and living in a small town with little to no resources or connections, I scoured the internet for that little bit of hope that I wasn’t alone. Although there was some helpful information in all that searching, I never really found what I desperately needed at the time. So, my hope is to be that help for someone else, and all I can think of to start is to document my own journey and be open and honest in every aspect.

I hope it helps someone else going through similar journeys.

I am by no means perfect, but there have been many things I’ve tried (and failed at) in my attempt to find a more fulfilling, and happy life. Maybe my going through some of these scenarios will make someone else’s journey just a little easier. 😉