Rachel DeAngelis
I am a Florida girl who has lived all over the map (including overseas in China!), but for the past seven years I've been putting down roots in Knoxville, Tennessee. Besides being the mother of the cutest two little boys in the world (it's true...check Guinness), I am also a cat-whisperer, a Dollywood Insider, and a high-school English teacher. You can read about all of my latest shenanigans on my blog.
Take A Solo Trip, Mama!
You probably have a million reasons not to go. The laundry's still sitting in clean piles in baskets, waiting to be folded. The sink is full...
Visit Baxter Gardens Before It’s Too Late!
Something about spring time has me fully embracing the romance of classic literature. I long to walk through the English countryside like a character...
Picture Books To Jumpstart Difficult Conversations With Your Kids
I'll be the first to admit that I shy away from uncomfortable conversations with my kids. I am well aware that they aren't babies...
Single Mom ISO Boyfriend: What I’ve Learned One Year Later
"I'm perfectly fine, I live on my own.
I made up my mind, I'm better off being alone."
Truer words were never spoken by our Queen/Mother,...
Small Changes Can Lead To Big Results
Every year when January rolls around, I feel a sense of impending doom (with a side of preemptive guilt). I know that when the...
Letters From Middle School
One of the hardest challenges of parenting is raising children who are growing up in completely different circumstances and a new generation from the...
Stop Worrying About Whether You’re Doing It Right
I can clearly remember what it felt like to wake up feeling scared in the middle of the night when I was a child....