Grace Notes
a blog about life’s everyday magic
a blog about life’s everyday magic
Words: Heather Taylor Issue 9 cover: Meagan Abell “Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer is an oil painting, autumn is a mosaic of them all.” — Stanley…
Words: Diana Foster Photo credit: Diana Foster Early in my artistic journey, macro photography beckoned. The sharp focus of a water droplet on a flower petal is dramatic…
Words: Elle Harris Photo credit: Morgan Sessions Dearest Pretend, I’m writing this letter to thank you for never leaving me, even after all this time, after I went…
Words: Amber Bartek Photo credit: Brooke Cagle Imagine a lush garden in your backyard teeming with growth and abundance — full of life. You grow your own fresh ear…
Words: Kayla Dean Photo credit: Tim Marshall If you’ve ever swam, stood by, lived by, or even flown over an ocean once, you know that deep waters hold a…
Words: Bre Lyles Photo credit: Tachina Lee I can clearly remember the day I recited a Maya Angelou poem in front of my church. I was a young girl,…
Words: Christen Hammons Photo credit: Annie Spratt It’s no secret that I’m a huge bookworm. From the moment my mom taught me to read “Hop on Pop” by Dr.…
Words: Heather Taylor Photo credit: Lisa RedWillow “There’s beauty in ordinary life, pages full of stories that turn ordinary into magical moments… Bits of magic everywhere you look from…
Words: Michelle Gerrard-Marriott Photo credit: Michelle Gerrard-Marriott We often associate romance with relationships and it is so easily forgotten that there are many romances to experience in this…
Words: Ella Wilson Photo credit: Ella Wilson Tea, you and I go way back. I first heard about you when I was about three or four years old.…
Words: Kayla Dean Photo credit: Kayla Dean He carried a floral gift bag bigger than any purse I owned into my kitchen. My birthday present. I wore a dress…
Words: Christine Hiester Photo credit: Christine Hiester The soft hum of conversation surrounds me. I sit at a small rectangular table by the wall of my my favorite local…