​Our Story

Our family believes in "lagniappe". Its always possible to gift a little extra.

I am the mom to two very sick kids (you can read about that here), a single parent, no family in the area, the sole support for our little family (I have an awesome gigs as a nonprofit consultant),  and we lost the girls' dad a few years ago after a long illness. A perfect storm – or the perfect opportunity to embrace joy and to share my gratitude.

I choose hope. I believe that love wins.

And so Grati-tools came to be. Tools and talismans to evoke and practice gratitude. 

Grati-tools is founded on the idea that no matter what happens- we can always choose to be grateful. And we have a lot to be grateful for.

We can always choose love. And we can always choose kindness.

This is said from a place of having had many hard things happen. And of course, many wonderful and beautiful things as well.

One day - we want to see every family and kid receiving treatment from a children's hospital gifted a lagniappe of grati-tools- because gratitools has helped us embrace that space between what happens to you and how you react. 

nancynetherland@gmail.com