About The Chics
There are interesting twists that have brought about the Grateful Chics. Tracy made me the first set of Grateful Beads in the summer of 2008. These beads helped me get through a difficult time in my career, my marriage, my health and more. I even put a strand of these beads in my mother-in-law’s casket so that she knew I was grateful for her life.
Life’s opportunities (God-incidences) brought me to a place of courage to go out on my own as an entrepreneur. My intention for these beads and all of the Grateful Gifts is to help you stay connected to your goodness, the goodness of God and the goodness that exists here on this planet in spite of and in glory over all the badness.
Grateful Chics was started in the mind’s eye of Christine, or Joy as we now call her. She was inspired by a gift I had made her, a set of Gratitude Beads, one of the first I had made. We both were at a place in our lives where we needed change, enlightenment, spirituality. The idea of the beads came to me while reading Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, a book Joy suggested to me.
I created the beads to be something to physically see and hold to remind me to think about the blessings in my life instead of the obstacles. I made Joy one as well and gave it to her as a simple little “I love you being in my life” gift. Well, from that one simple gift, we have now begun to write a new chapter in our lives, Grateful Chics, the company! One more thing for which to be grateful!