I missed it first time it was posted so thank you Peg for alerting me about this wonderful essay. and Ann for sharing it. For me grace is mainly spiritual as in "Amazing Grace" which reminds me of the magic we shared in the hills of northern Kentucky, first to mourn the tragic event of Karl's untimely death and later balanced by the joyous event of Greg / Ann's wedding. That was when we could only see the dark at the end of the tunnel. Now we are in the dark at the end ofthe tunnel, so we need all the grace we can muster in the face of adversity.