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.
A Little Bit Of Summer Time Travel
I love a good time travel story. Whether it's a romantic story like The Time Traveler's Wife, a mind-boggling movie like The Butterfly Effect, or a series that is super sci-fi like Dr. Who,...
Riding The Big Bear Mountain Roller Coaster At Dollywood
Dollywood has announced some big news recently! The park just launched its newest roller coaster last week, and it's the longest track (at nearly 4,000 feet) of any coaster in the park! Being hailed...
Single Mom ISO Boyfriend
Here I sit on a Saturday night, staring at a blinking cursor on the screen, trying to figure out how to sum up who I am as a person in 150 words or less...
2023 Kingdom Education At Concord
There is no shortage of churches or Christian schools here in East Tennessee. Living in the Bible Belt certainly has its advantages if you are church or school shopping, but the abundance of choices...
It Costs $0 To Be Kind This Christmas Season
I stood in a line 15-people deep at the post office one afternoon, waiting to purchase some Christmas stamps. The room was filled with a weird mix of bored and angry people, some checking...
Surviving Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. I love the food. I love the fact that gift-buying is not involved. There's a parade and a dog show and pulling out the Christmas decorations for...
Splitting Time: Co-Parenting During The “Most Wonderful Time Of The Year”
Today is Halloween, and it marks the first time I've ever missed trick-or-treating with my kids. It's only the start of the crazy busy holiday season, but I'm already dreading the heart-wrenching task of splitting...