Rachel just returned for her 3rd semester in the Missouri State Bear POWER program. She truly loves being a college girl. While she was home, we were cleaning out her notebooks. Actually, it was mostly me cleaning out her notebooks. […]
It’s time to ring out the 2019 and welcome 2020 by posting our top blogs from 2019. I’m going to share my top five as chosen by you, my readers. Number one jumped to the top of my all-time most […]
It has been a big year at our house. Rachel started college and is part of the first class of the Missouri State University Bear POWER program in Springfield, MO. She started in January and loves being a college girl. […]
Rachel finished her second semester of college as part of the Missouri State University Bear POWER program last week. I told her that everyone would want an update on her semester and asked her if we could write a blog […]
Several people have sent messages asking how Rachel is doing at college. Must be time for an update. I don’t get too many pictures unless I screenshot her SnapChat, and I don’t get a lot of updates without asking either! […]
This picture popped on my timeline. It made me smile as I remembered how Rachel, as the volleyball manager-team cheerleader, truly felt like a part of something . She belonged. The third level of Maslowe’s Hierarchy of Needs is Belongingness […]
Rachel is two weeks into her second semester of college. She seems to be off to a good start. She has made it everywhere she needs to go, I think. When questioned, she says “I am 20 years old.” My […]
Last week, we took Rachel back to Missouri State University to start her second semester in the MSU Bear POWER program. Rachel had a great summer. In many ways it was typical. She worked as a hostess at Olive Garden. […]
Today, is Baby Rachel’s 20th birthday. Before she was born and for a good while after, she was referred to by our closest friends as Baby Rachel. On this her 20th birthday, that may change to “Just Rachel.” Twenty years […]
We brought Rachel home from her first semester of college Tuesday. We are excited to head out to Southern California to speak at a conference in a few weeks and needed to update her “I Love My Life” presentation. We’ve […]