by Rachel Swanson | Apr 22, 2016 | Family, Uncategorized
It’s my birthday! Yes, I’m turning the ripe ole’ age of 33 and couldn’t be more proud of it. But guess what else? It’s also the 1st birthday of Refine & Restore! YAY!! (Noise makers anyone??) With a head cold and cough making me regurgitate things you don’t... 
by Rachel Swanson | Aug 5, 2015 | Relationship
I’m scrolling down my Facebook news-feed. Images begin to rattle my heart. A friend looking sexy in her bikini. A birthday party I wasn’t invited to. Pinterest perfect meals I could never recreate. A mother with her kids enjoying Disneyland, ice-cream... 
by Rachel Swanson | Jun 16, 2015 | God, Relationship
“Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.” {John 15:13, NASB} Everything was unfamiliar to me. The sounds. The smells. Even the people seemed different here. We didn’t know a single person, my husband and I, in this giant city... 
by Rachel Swanson | May 29, 2015 | Relationship
The weight of failed friendships over the years still seems to roar its ugly head at me; painful percussion effects from loss and betrayal that at times feels too great a burden to bear. Over the past few years, I have untangled the deeper understanding of this issue...
