There's now a word etched into my skin! Oh, the meaning behind this one.

Real LifeRachel DawsonJuly 2, 2016tattoo story, agapetos, tattoo, river city tattoo, beloved, beloved tattooComment

A Coffee Date // June 13

These posts are a fun way to catch up, share all sorts of the best things in life, and feel like we're connecting despite distance and computer screens and all that.

Real LifeRachel DawsonJune 13, 2016coffee dateComment

Christians & Consent: Powerful Responses to the Brock Turner Case

She opened with, “You don’t know me, but you’ve been inside me, and that’s why we’re here today.” Reading that sentence was all it took for there to be chills on my body and tears in my eyes.

Real LifeRachel DawsonJune 9, 2016brock turner, rape culture, rape, stanford, crosswalk.com, trending, crosswalk, biblestudytools.comComment

What To Do When There's Nothing You Can Do

When these awful, no-good, very bad things happen to somebody that isn't you, you feel utterly helpless. You feel useless.

Real LifeRachel DawsonJune 8, 2016Comment

The Best Spring Cleaning Supplies

I'm ALL about these clean, green, earth-conscious products, and getting them delivered to me on demand? Yes please.

Reasons I Love Hockey

I'm a die-hard Washington Capitals fan, and I felt like it was time I told you why.

I'm Single and I'm Good With It

Friends and family and well-meaning strangers, thank you for loving me so well. I know the heart behind your comments is one that is good and pure, but just know that I'm alive and well and happy and confident and content in my singleness. Please hear that.

Real LifeRachel DawsonApril 25, 2016relationships, love, engagement, marriage, boyfriend, datingComment

All the Garden Goodness

Because when you build garden beds yourself and plant a ton of veggies and have a bountiful harvest, you should share it with the world.

Real Life, Living WellRachel DawsonApril 6, 2016garden, gardening, homegrown, vegan, vegetablesComment

To Let Them Know My Gratitude

May we thank the ones who love and lead us. May we use our words to express our gratitude now while we can, for life is short and chances might not come again.

Real Life, Lists + RoundupsRachel DawsonFebruary 17, 2016Comment

A Virtual Winter Coffee Date

If we were on a coffee date... it might be in my living room in a blanket fort, because the office is closed for the snow that's in the forecast and I'm working from home...so... blanket forts.

Real LifeRachel DawsonJanuary 22, 2016Comment