Welcome, I'm Glad You're Here

HI, my name is Rachael and I'm glad you are here. Welcome to 'Raising Rachael" a place I've created to write and record all the things.. me.

I've got a lot going on, but who doesn't? I struggle to find community, as I'm sure many people struggle with also. So I made the decision to create a place to hopefully attract people who can find a little bit of themselves in me and the content I create.

I wanted to introduce myself first, because well that makes the most sense to me. So... who am I? I am 27 years old, a stay at home mom since 2019 and I've been in a relationship since 2013. I am now engaged as of 2017 to my amazing high school sweetheart and he is the father to our child. I am an Aries, a march Aries (because I think it matters what month you are when it comes to your sign?) I don't know much about astrology but I think to some it matters so I dare not to exclude it. I have 2 dogs and a cat and I live in the hot desert that is Arizona.

I have a total of 2 friends if you don't count my mom and fiancée and the people that are mostly their friends but accept me as part of the group by association. However I am not a great friend to either of the 2 mentioned, see I met them both in high school and my mom did happen to "blind date" me into those friendships. More or less my mom was their teacher and she asked them to be my friends. Kindly, the obliged and the rest is history. Except the part where after high school none of us talked until 9 years later but accidentally running into one at an ice cream shop and the other was at a family even with none other than my mom. The reason I am not a good friend you might ask? Well its not on purpose I swear, mom life is hard and I have literally no interest in adding more to my plate. My plate is full at the moment and honestly there is no better way to explain it other than life is just plain hard. I'd love to be a better friend, but for now I'll be subpar at best.

I struggle with infertility and loss as well as crippling anxiety and depression. I am also certain that Tik Tok diagnosed me with ADHD, which would explain a lot in my life...but I digress. Every time I bring it up to my therapist and Psychiatrist, they say "lets treat the symptoms" meaning they give me antidepressants and send me on my way. Which is a perfect seg way into why I am starting this blog in the first place. See my brain hates me and tells me awful things. I've tried everything I can think of up until this point to alleviate any amount of this and all have failed. So I thought why not start writing everything out and seeing if I can find anyone else who feels the same and wants to connect, but like me isn't brave enough to start posting videos to find it. This is probably going to be endless blog posts of recipes, motherhood, home decorating and DIY and any other interest that I feel is relevant enough to write out. Anyways, I hope you stay a while.

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