{"id":96829,"date":"2016-07-01T11:34:55","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T15:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=96829"},"modified":"2016-07-01T15:29:40","modified_gmt":"2016-07-01T19:29:40","slug":"grace-lace-founders-inspired-loss-daughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/grace-lace-founders-inspired-loss-daughter\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspired by loss of their baby, Grace and Lace founders help hundreds of orphans"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Texas couple, made famous by their appearance on the television show The Shark Tank, created their successful business Grace & Lace<\/a> shortly after the loss of their baby girl. Now, they are using their success and the love for their daughter to help\u00a0orphans in India.<\/p>\n

It all began in 2010 when, according to People<\/a>, Melissa Hinnant and her husband Rick were happily awaiting the birth of their daughter. Hinnant was five months pregnant when she went into preterm labor. She had emergency surgery to attempt to stop the labor, and she was put on strict bed rest in the hospital. But two weeks later, doctors were unable to help her, and Hinnant delivered her baby girl who was still too young to survive as her lungs were not developed enough.<\/p>\n

“We went through a very, very painful time,” Hinnant told People. “But I remember Rick looking at me, and he said we have a choice to make. He said we can either be mad at God and wonder why these things happen, or we can choose to believe there’s a bigger plan here. There’s some purpose, some reason – and something good is going to come out of this.”<\/p>\n

Hinnant had begun to sew while she was in the hospital. She continued to do so to help get through the pain. By the fall of 2011, Hinnant was wearing her own creation – a pair of lace leg warmers.<\/p>\n

“Everywhere I wore them, people would ask me where I got them,” she said. “So I put them up online, and within 48 hours we had over 400 requests for them.”<\/p>\n

Grace and Lace was born. The business grew, moving from the garage to a warehouse and then to the TV screen. \u00a0That TV appearance changed everything. They went from up to 200 orders a day to up to 3,000. They knew that this was their chance to finally make a difference in the world, and make something good come out of their pain and from their daughter’s short life.<\/p>\n