I’ve been so busy I haven’t had much time to write. It’s funny how when someone dies, the first few weeks, months, you think of them all the time. They’re always on your mind no matter what you’re doing. Then as time passes, you still think about them but not at every moment of the …
Author: Rachel Elizabeth
baseball fanatic, coffee enthusiast, animal lover
Untitled – when words fail
When we write about death and grief, it often seems like we try to make out like it’s this beautiful tragedy; when in reality it’s utter shit and leaves gaping holes in your heart, not the ones you can fix either I haven’t begun to scratch the surface of my grief over losing my mother …
Grief and All Her Faces
Grief is a funny thing, it kind of sneaks up on you and all of a sudden it’s there, like a slap in the face. Reminding you that life will never be what it was. Before, they left the world, before the cold grasp of death reached them. Loss is loss, but until you’ve experienced …
A Year in the Upside Down
we should embrace our loss, our anger, our grief, & let it push us to be stronger, fearless and courageous in the future.
Thoughts in an Airport Lounge
There’s no without. I’m not gone. I’m scattered into so many pieces, sprinkled on your life like new snow. I’m sitting in San Francisco airport, waiting to board a flight back to the “Homeland” - England. This will be my third trip back within the last year. My first- September 2018, not even a full …
The Journey Begins
Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton
The Art of Rachel in the Rain 