All endings start with beginnings.

And so I find myself welcoming you, dear reader, to our final issue of Grace.

At its launch in May of 2005, Grace was a thumb-in-the-eye to convention — our stylish, smart and highly local rebuttal to the so-called omen’s magazines that promoted celebrity and circulated damaging, unrealistic ideals of beauty.

Plenty of women, we knew, were doing xtraordinary work in the course of their very “ordinary” lives. And we were tired of seeing years of magazines that told us to look better so we could feel good. We wanted a real and true chronicle of our achievements, in our place and time.

In the ensuing years, we told an extraordinary variety of stories in these pages about remarkable women — women who have pioneered their fields, and created advances in technology, literature, art, defense, medicine and teaching. These are women who have stitched odd ends of our hurting world together in ripples that will be felt across humanity, long after everyone forgets their individual names. We are exceedingly proud of them, their voices and our work.

It is time to move forward. Our readers have indicated that they want broader and different content — meaningful stories on local arts, business, society and design — and yes, stories about men too. Look for these and more in Aspire, a new publication we will proudly debut on March 8.

Together with Sound & Country, our seasonal events guide and Connecticut Family, The Day’s Sunday magazines will keep meeting our residents where they live, work, love, laugh and play.

So stick around.

We have so many more stories to tell.