Somewhere in the middle of Montana I could write about this year, and what an absolute train wreck it’s been but we all know that already, so why not channel my thoughts in a different direction instead. Also, no year will ever compare with 2018, the year i lost my mom. The world stopped spinning …
Author: Rachel Elizabeth
baseball fanatic, coffee enthusiast, animal lover
Hope is Everything
This account, always has the perfect pictures to explain my thoughts and feelings every damn day. This week has been a tough one, I need to start writing when it hasn't been tough but still figuring out how to write those posts..we're rapidly approaching Mother's Day which also means we're only three months away from …
Grieving in Isolation
One of my favorite instagram accounts. https://instagram.com/lifedeathwhat?igshid=1s1apmu8e271r Like the majority of people in the world, I am isolating and it is the second hardest thing I've done in my whole life. The first? Saying goodbye to my mama. It's hard, because I live alone, meaning I'm spending 24 hours a day, 7 days a week …
Finding My Strength
Sharing news with family and friends- something we all do; have you ever shared news "too soon"? The excitement took over, or the fear that it would get out first so you rushed to be the one to say it? I have. We probably all have. Having social media at the touch of our fingertips …
The Physical Manifests of Grief
Loving this instagram. Glitter and Grief I may not be an expert on grief. But I’m becoming an expert on MY grief. What I’m learning is, don’t ever tell someone how to grieve nor judge them for the ways in they process their grief. Until you have lived through what they have, you cannot even …
Navigating Loss in a Big World
I’ve been trying to write a blog post for about a month now, but honestly I’ve not had the time or even the emotional capacity to put my thoughts into words. I’m still not entirely sure I can. 2020, marks a new year, the start of a new decade: one in which my mama has …
Relationships In The Wake Of Loss
Creating and maintaining meaningful relationships in the wake of loss, one of the hardest things I’ve battled since losing my mother. I think this is something many people who are grieving have to face at some point. I know my dad and I have both struggled with this over the last year, him more than …
Dear Mama
Happy birthday. You’re 49 now, and we’re spending another birthday without you. The last few weeks have been tough, I think a lot of that has to do with knowing this day was looming on the horizon. Just like every single one of our birthdays, each Christmas, anniversary & Mother’s Day do without you. Here …
Sitting Alone with my Grief
Living alone has many perks especially when it’s in a beautiful place surrounded by horses. Yet when your grief hits you hard and it’s overwhelming, living alone becomes somewhat less enticing. Right now I’m in a pretty big wave of sadness, one where going home to an empty house sounds like the last thing I …
Seasons of Grief
As the seasons change, so does my grief. We’re hurtling towards what will (would?) be my mothers 49th birthday - the second one celebrated without her, our second thanksgiving, my dad’s second birthday without her, and of course the hardest one of them all Christmas. Holiday’s are the hardest without her here, the ache in …
The Art of Rachel in the Rain 