You're listening to the Water Into Wine podcast hosted by Grace Valentine and Ketley Valcourt.

Hey guys, it is Grace Valentine here.

If you are following me, I'm an author, blog, or speaker.

I post a lot of little mini books on my Instagram, and so maybe you started following me this year. Or maybe you were around when I had a podcast called I'm Tired.

And it's funny because I stopped filming, I'd say,

really in dedicating my time to it during 2020. And I think that was when I realized that title

sucked. Like the more I think about it, like that was the time of my life and I realized it is not

like cutesy and like pick me girl to be like tired. Like I was exhausted. I was in a job that I

didn't really enjoy and was felt toxic.

I was always going going, felt like I was giving so much, never pouring myself into whether

it's my faith or even my humor, my life, or even my own creative outlets. And so as much as I

loved that podcast, I really realized I went to rebrand. And especially when I thought about how I went

to rebrand, I was talking to one of my friends. And I was like, there's no podcast where it's like a

chill girl vibes that still can be Christian based, but also it's just funny and honest. Kind of like

in between your favorite religious podcast, but also in between a barstool podcast even, like something

that can hit both. And so I was talking to her about names that i want to name and we both came up with this podcast thing called water into wine and so it's how god can do unexpected things with the boring but also we're drinking wine while we do this podcast like we want you to feel like you're a friend and so i'm really excited about my co-hosts you probably probably don't know her. Or maybe if I went speaking somewhere,

she's been my friend who just comes with me and travels to Alabama or wherever I go, always down for a fun trip. And her name is Ketley Valcourt. And my favorite thing about Ketley is Ketley brings a different perspective, but she's also just a good friend. Ketley is African-American. And I think that's really cool.

She's from Haiti.

Is that right, Katley?

My family's from Haiti.

Yeah, you're not from Haiti.

But she's from Haitian descent. And we have completely different perspectives, completely different lives, and that's on purpose. I think your friends should come from different walks, just like all your friends do. And I do so many of my work alone. And so I'm really excited that I'm

...