Alexis Grace comes from the middle names of the two most amazing people in my life, my daughters.  Mary Alexis is seventeen and now has her driver's license. She is a math wiz who (Lord help me!) favors gray, yes gray, t-shirts and jeans.  Morgan Grace is fifteen and loves fashion as much as I do.  She once got in trouble for wearing high heels to girl scout camp. 
**2010 update** Mary Alexis is now eighteen and will be attending WPI in the fall. YEAH! I will try my best not to stalk her as long as she promises to send her classmates to the store. Morgan Grace will be a high school senior and has yet to decide what she wants to do when she grows up.  I told her not to worry--it took me 40 years to figure it out, so I think she still has some time.