Rachel’s writing
Practice Makes Perfect
Excerpt:
“Once I’d regained some of the basics, a new question emerged. How do you practice becoming a person again?”
Rainbow
Excerpt:
“The rainbow visible to you will never be precisely the rainbow visible to the person standing beside you.”
Lessons from a Bike
Excerpt:
“My first bike was bright neon pink, and I clipped a playing card to the frame so that the wheel rotations would patter against it - some kind of propelled machine sound that annoyed everyone but me.”
Quicksand
Excerpt:
“One does not have to "live for the thrill" to accept that every activity, passion, or endeavor carries inherent risk.”
The Wall
Excerpt:
“I couldn’t climb over, I couldn’t burrow underneath, I couldn’t walk around, so what’s a girl to do?”
In the Weeds
Excerpt:
“But long before my own restaurant, at age 15 I started as a hostess in a restaurant called “The 50’s Grill.””