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HI! My name is Rachel! Thanks so much for stopping by and visiting. I really appreciate you taking the time to read my blog, and please know that I read each and every comment, and make a sincere effort to reply to them.


I am 30 years old and have been happily married for 10 years. My husband and I live in a small town in Oregon. We bought a house 2012 with plans to fix it up, but so far it looks very, very similar to when we moved in.

I am a conservative Christian and try to put God first, but don't always succeed at that. I am also a wannabe hippie. Which basically means that I do weird things like use "mama cloth", but I still love to drink soda and eat McDonald's.

I am a housewife, which I love.  I am not very good at it, as in my house is never very clean and my meals are very random.  I have one little boy, whom I call Little Guy on my blog, he is four, and such a joy.  If you click on the following link, you can read my infertility story.


I am not a super awesome writer, but I really enjoy writing, and hope you enjoy reading what I write. I also hope that I can help other people who are going through infertility know that other people are going through it with them. Something that I would love to do (but fail miserably at) is write really great posts on Biblical topics, but I am prone to rambling when I try.

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  1. Hey, Rachel! Love your blog! May you please contact me at kayla@ourstart.com as I'd love to chat more with you about it? I'd greatly appreciate it! :)

    Thanks so much!

    -Kayla

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