by Rachel Swanson | Oct 8, 2018 | Faith, Family, Spiritual Growth
It’s all a bit surreal. I’m sitting on the deck of a ranch in Idaho in the middle of no-where really, never, ever anticipating that this would be part of my life 6 months ago. And yet, this “no-where” land feels like we are right where we’re supposed to...
by Rachel Swanson | Sep 24, 2018 | Family, Marriage, Relationship
It’s been a little over two weeks since my husband left on his solitude retreat. Our twelve year anniversary happened to land on his day off, enabling us to have a much needed reconnect time over the phone. I was so thankful. Which may sound funny, because we...
by Rachel Swanson | Sep 8, 2018 | anxiety, Faith, Family, Identity/Purpose, Spiritual Growth
I just got off the phone with my husband who made it to his destination in Washington for his 3-week time of solitude. Which you may already be wondering: what is a spiritual solitude time? Why would anyone consider this? There are many stories in Scripture of people...
by Rachel Swanson | Sep 6, 2018 | Faith, Family
I never anticipated that I would go from living the American dream to living out an unexpected dream for my life. I mean really, we were living the American dream. Why would we give it all up to pursue something that is so uncertain, unstable, and definitely not the...
by Rachel Swanson | Sep 2, 2018 | Faith, Family
Room by room, I see memories: dance parties, pretend “cave” adventures, measurements on the wall of each child ever since they could stand. A trickle of tears falls silently down my face as I grieve what’s left behind to make room for what’s to...
by Rachel Swanson | Aug 11, 2018 | Faith, Family, God, Spiritual Growth
“Rachel, you’ve inspired me. My husband and I are literally talking about how we need to stop talking about it and start making real steps toward it.” This is what my friend shared with me last night. It’s been a conversation I’ve had with many of my friends lately....
