Rachel Dawn 2 Life Lessons, Metaphors, Success & Motivation
It’s been said that our eyes are the windows to our souls. I believe that. I saw a picture tonight, of a girl I don’t know, and this thought went through my head: There are some people, who even though they are smiling in every picture, and even if their smile is perfect, you can […]
Rachel Dawn 1 faith, Life Lessons, Spiritual Growth basics, battle, bold, brave, bucket list, calmness, conquer, death, faith, fear, fearless, flying, football, fullness, future, God's will, hope, life, life lessons, limitless, lombardi, mind, no fear, overcoming, peace, prayer, skydiving, speaking, spiritual growth, spiritual warfare, thoughtlife, Thoughts, tongue, victory, words
Skydiving is was on my bucket list. It’s number 56, in fact. I kind of had it penciled in for this Summer, and then my best friend turned 40 and decided that’s what he wanted to do to celebrate. BINGO! Weeks leading up to the event I was pure bottled excitement and eager anticipation. My […]
Rachel Dawn 6 Life Lessons depression, isolation, lies, rock bottom, shame, thoughtlife, voices
When we go through dark seasons in our lives, there is a little voice that comes and whispers in our ears, “You are the only person going through this. You are alone. No one else will understand.” And so we withdraw from the world, and keep our problems to ourselves. The more people I meet […]
Rachel Dawn 3 marriage, relationships dating, emotions, heart, life lessons, love, marriage, marriage preparation, relationships
If you spend your whole dating career making decisions based on “following your heart”, what are you going to do after you get married and you and your spouse go into a [temporary] funk (because it’s going to happen), and your “heart” tells you your in love with someone else? Are you still going to […]
Rachel Dawn 0 Life Lessons, Success & Motivation life lessons, motivation, sales, success
They recently moved my desk at my office. I’m only there for a few hours every couple weeks, so it’s not a huge deal, I’ve been moved several times. I’ve been put in the middle of administrative assistants, and customer service, and for a long time I sat with the marketing department. This time, they […]
Rachel Dawn 0 Life Lessons freedom, growth, journey, life, life lessons, relationships
“We have all heard that no two snowflakes are alike. Each snowflake takes the perfect form for the maximum efficiency and effectiveness for its journey. And while the universal force of gravity gives them a shared destination, the expansive space in the air gives each snowflake the opportunity to take their own path. They are […]
Rachel Dawn 2 Life Lessons, marriage, relationships criteria, dating, disappointment, disillusionment, expectations, husband, life lessons, list, marriage, marriage prep, marriage preparation, perfect spouse, perspective, remarriage, second marriage, standards, wedding, wife
When I was 16, some well-meaning mentors of mine recommended I make a list of the things I absolutely wanted in my husband, from physical attributes to character traits. Four typed pages and 160 bullet points later, I had what a “perfect spouse” looked like to me down on paper. Things like: 2-5 years older […]
Rachel Dawn 0 Life Lessons comeback, definitions, determination, divorce, heartbreak, life lessons, rebound, reslience, reslient
Someone once told me I was the most resilient person they’d ever met. After my divorce I set out to study that word and embrace it. I couldn’t find any definition that encompassed the full value of the word to me, so I wrote my own: Resilience (Noun) – /rəˈzilyəns/ the ability to bounce back, […]
Rachel Dawn 0 marriage, second marriage divorce, first lady, hope, inspiration, life lessons, love, nancy reagan, president, remarriage, Romance, ronald reagan, second marriage
He was married for nearly a decade; they shared a common interest and career in filmmaking. Their union produced a daughter by birth and a son by adoption, and the couple also lost a daughter. She filed for the divorce – neither of them ever publicly commented on its causes or its reasons. Instead, they […]
Rachel Dawn 0 Life Lessons, marriage, relationships father, growth, happy, life lessons, marriage, relationships, wisdom
This is for the girls with Incredible Fathers. I know it’s hard to imagine this blessing would require a word of caution, but bear with me… My father has exemplified what it means to be a Christian man, husband, brother, son and father every day of my life. I have never seen him waver. The […]