Rachel
Writing
Around

May the joy justify the journey This is an ode to the angst and optimism that washes through a relaxed body and open mind, where memories, hopes, and dreams tango with failings and disappointments. When...

Act to ACT As the year wanes and begs for review, I’m checking on my action items and considering my “word of the year.” This year my word was ACT. Obviously, as the clever pneumonic suggests, it stands...

Written and posted on Facebook on Mother’s Day 2023, while sipping a cardamom latte and feeling emotional stirrings often unnamed and regularly unaccounted for. Reposted on the Rachel Writing Around...

Parenteen … …like parenting but with later nights, extra stress, endless pushback, and bottomless tacos. [During my final edits to this piece, I learned that my teen had just superglued a toy...

Pictured: Rachel and her towering teen (who still loves his mama even though he hates her rules) Written on October 16, 2023 through October 26, 2023 I had three new clients in my private practice and...

For my inaugural post, I present a love poem, steeped in achy remembrance, gratitude, and uncertainty. Written on September 24 and October 14, 2023 Cozy My cozy love, matched head to chest On lazy Sunday...