The Joy of Little Conversations
Moving to a big city means there are more people to interact with every day. Rachel blogs about how even small interactions with strangers mean a lot to her.
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Feeling Frozen in the Face of Change
Rachel blogs about feeling stuck and unable to move forward in the face of some upcoming changes. She worries about getting everything done when she already feels overwhelmed.
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A Question of Safety During Pride Month
Rachel blogs about a panic attack that she had while at her last Rosh Hashanah. She writes about the fear and anxiety she and others experience on an on-going basis. She experiences fear due to religion and her Sexuality and how other people may react.
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Home Cooking When You Hate to Cook
Rachel plans to move across the state for grad school. This move won't be the only big change, as she now has to start cooking for herself. This blog focuses on how finding the motivation to cook food she actually enjoys is difficult.
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Letter to Myself
It is easy to want to be better in the future, however, that can be hard to actually do. In this letter to herself, Rachel writes why she shouldn't be so hard on herself and hopes she is happy in the future.
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The Meltdown Blues
Rachel blogs about how it felt to be in a meltdown situation with her dad. She shares how out-of-control and scary it was for her.
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Big Bear, The Bear That’s Almost as Old as Me
Rachel blogs about Big Bear, a beloved teddy bear, and the many ways that Big Bear has given comfort to her throughout the years.
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Moments to treasure
Rachel was thinking about how much her parents mean to her and she wants to remember and treasure her time with them.
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When Shingles Strikes; The Aftereffects of Illness
In mid-August, Rachel got sick and ended up needing to take time off of work in order to get better. She blogs about the way getting sick effected every part of her life.
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How LARPing Taught me Networking
As a teenager Rachel learned about and became hooked on live actional role-playing, or LARPing. She blogs about the joy and skills she gained by going to LARP events.
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Traveling With Autism
Rachel dreams about being a travel writer and getting paid to travel. She writes about the steps she has started in achieving this passion of hers.
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Lavendar in June
Rachel blogs about harvesting lavender in June. She shares her process of starting with plants to finishing with useable objects. She explains the joy she finds in hobbies that created a finished product.
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Taking Pride in Queer Joy
Rachel blogs that "Pride month, any pride month, is about celebration." June is LGBTQIA+ community Pride month and Rachel has a lot of mixed feelings about celebrating when there are so many struggles for this community. She shares that she is affected by the progress that the LGBTQIA+ community has made over the years in many ways.
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The Accessibility of Advocacy
Rachel blogs about the costs of being a self-advocate in terms of time, money, and mental energy. She writes about the work and effort that was used to attend the Disability Policy Seminar in Washington DC. Rachel believes that being a self-advocate should be more accessible so more people can be heard.
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Getting Along in the Online Autistic Community
Rachel blogs about the many positives and negatives of the online autism community that she's experienced. Like most things in life, there are lots of opinions about what means to have autism. She has learned to pick her battles wisely.
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