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.
If You Ever Get the Opportunity to Host an Exchange Student, DO IT!
When the school where I work sent an email plea asking for "host families" for a group of middle-school-aged Chinese students coming to visit...
Not MY Female Role Model
I love living in an era in which women have been empowered to take charge and speak up. Our gender, as a whole, is...
New Year, New Entryway
It's the season of making resolutions, and this year, I'm resolving to make my house feel more like my home. We moved in last...
Raising My Mini-Me
Not too long ago, I caught my five-year-old trying to rip up his All-About-Me poster due as a kindergarten assignment the following day. We...
Confessions of a Sugar Addict
My name is Rachel, and I have a problem.
I can eat entire sleeves of Oreos at a time.
I often take it upon myself to...
We’re Far from the Shallow Now
This summer I enrolled you in swim lessons. I did this despite the fact that you are terrified of the water and climb up...
A Grandmother’s Legacy
If you had asked me when I was a child to define what a "grandmother" is, I would have given you all of the...