by Rachel Allen | Jul 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
Want to hear me read this to you instead? Click here. I had trails of melted ice cream running down to my elbows and tears in my eyes. As I watched a hologram of Apollo 11 take off from its projected base on the Washington Monument, my ice cream cone forgotten in my...
by Rachel Allen | Jul 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
Want to hear me read this to you instead? Click here. I work out like it’s illegal. Seriously, I put the blinds down, close the door, and listen to music on my headphones so nobody will hear the Spotify Guilty Pleasures playlist and magically intuit that I’m knocking...
by Rachel Allen | Jun 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
Our words seem so insignificant in the day to day. We send a zillion texts, have casual chats, throw something up on Instagram… It all feels light; until it’s not there. Find yourself in a circumstance where you’re silenced, unheard, and your whole being freaks...
by Rachel Allen | Jun 8, 2019 | Messaging, Uncategorized
Want to hear me read this to you instead? Click here. When I was little, I wanted nothing so badly in the world than to grow up to be Alan Alda. I idolized his version of Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H, the smartass surgeon who was just so good at what he did that...
by Rachel Allen | May 18, 2019 | Strategy
Hearing footsteps outside the door, I quickly arrange my body so that my shoulders are caved in and I’m looking down at the floor. I know the key to getting through the next 30 minutes is to look as apologetic as possible. The Headmistress walks into the musty old...
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