Changing Life Seasons… {Travel On}

by rachelrains // October 16, 2020 // No Comments

I rediscovered Yellowstone National Park pics from fifty years just a couple days before we left for own family trip two weeks ago. I was only a year old on that trip. My parents had just bought a camper and... Continue reading →

What Family Does…

by rachelrains // December 21, 2018 // No Comments

I still remember the cold, wet feeling of condensation on my small hands as they pressed against the large, plate-glass window of our living room. My 8-yr-old brow furrowed as I watched tiny snowflakes make their way to the ground.... Continue reading →

When Cancer is a Gift…

by rachelrains // October 9, 2018 // 2 Comments

“And there’s this other, funny thing… I love, more! L O V E . That’s all I feel.” These are the words of a dying man. “Nothing but love.” he says. These words have haunted me since I first read them two Autumn’s... Continue reading →

Love Moves Forward…

by rachelrains // October 17, 2017 // No Comments

Take a knee. Don’t take a knee. At this point, we should ask ourselves “Do we want to be right? Or do we want a solution?” If the purpose of ‘taking a knee’ is to raise awareness, then hasn’t the... Continue reading →

A Meaningful Journey – This Side of Heaven in 2015

by rachelrains // January 26, 2016 // 2 Comments

One year ago this week, I received a phone call that forever changed the trajectory of my life. So much so, my entire year of 2015 is defined by this single event and as a result I am now the... Continue reading →

Mean Girls: How to DEAL With Them and How They Never Really Go Away

by rachelrains // August 8, 2014 // 2 Comments

Ever since my daughter was about nine-or-ten-years-old, I’ve been attempting to explain to her the phenomena of mean girls; how to deal with them, and further how they never, ever really go away. After all, I still had MEAN GIRLS... Continue reading →