What’s Raising Up Rays?

It starts with the magic in the mundane.

The car rides. The kitchen conversations. The impromptu trips. The things we buy, wear, make and love. The raising of kids …and ourselves. The moments that don’t feel particularly important until one day you realize they were the big moments all along.

That’s the heart behind Raising Up Rays— a lifestyle media brand and community created to help you find a little more magic in the mundane. A place for real life, helpful finds, honest conversations, family, home, travel, style, food and all the good stuff in between.

Because life doesn’t have to be perfect to be really, really good.

The ordinary days are the good stuff.

A woman with long wavy brown hair, wearing a dark blue blouse with puffed sleeves and light blue jeans, sits on a white kitchen countertop with white cabinets and a white tiled wall behind her. She has a bright smile and is looking at the camera.

Hey! I’m Katie!

I just celebrated being married to Brooks for 20 years (I’m a coach’s wife), and we have four kids ranging from college down to kindergarten chaos. So, yes, we’re basically living every stage of parenting at once.

I’m a fresh-coffee snob and a secret introvert who somehow ended up sharing most of my life on the internet 😂 I’m always planning a trip, rearranging a room, starting a project I’m wildly unqualified for, or sending somebody a link to something they absolutely need.

Mostly, I just really love making life fun and making the little things feel big….because they are!

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