Well the name is Rachel I was born in a tiny tiny tiny city (maybe you have heard of it) Los Angeles, CA. Okay all jokes aside. I lived there in the same house all my life in fact my grandfather designed it and had it built in the 50's so you can image the god awful tile and poopy brown everywhere yet it was home and I loved it. I have an older brother and sister. We roamed that city as giants amongst most people seeing we were all 6'1 or taller after the age 12. I was always the the goofy child. I could never make a serious face if it could kill me. Even at a young age I took to the artistic side of life. I never wanted to match my clothes because I wanted be colorful and vibrant like a sunset. Yet most people didn't think it was all so wonderful and in fact most of my life I was the butt of every joke. With the struggle of getting over the cruelty of people through out my life. I came out a very independent determined kind women. I try to treat people the way I want to be treated (cliche I know but it really is the best way to treat someone because no one wants to be treated like crap).
One of the most traumatizing moments in my life is when my brother passed away. I was 12yrs old when he was diagnosed with leukemia (cancer), he was only 17 at the time. I had to watch my brother fight over and over this disease. I was very close to my brother and watching him suffer killed me inside even though I never showed my emotions to no one, it was just easier to smile then to explain my life. He passed away after fighting for 2yrs and with that a lot of passions and happiness went with him. I stopped doing everything and just didn't care anymore. I blamed everyone and everything, I couldn't understand why God would let this happen. I remember the crying in the house would make me go crazy and just screaming at people for saying "I am sorry about your brother death." Lets just say I didn't handle it well at all. It took 3yrs for me to finally just cry about it and with that I let go of my anger and was able to move forward in my life.
I never was good with English - in fact I probably couldn't do this blog with out the help of spellchecker ( I love you spellchecker! ) I was diagnosed with a learning disability at a very young age. My disability is -- I can't remember how to spell, I use to read so slow because it was hard to process what words meant, and if you spell words to me I mix up the letters if you went at a normal pace. So this made school very difficult -- the only thing I was good at was math. I took to numbers like crazy. I could memorize all the phone numbers after only telling me once - actually I still remember phone numbers from when I was 10yrs old. My step-dad was so amazed that I was doing algebra in 3rd grade just for fun. So with that I hate English and love math which I have to say most people don't feel the same way. I decided when I went to college that I wasn't going to get special treatment for my disability like I had all my life. I wanted to do this like everyone else. So I had to start at the super basics, it was a lot of hard work, countless hours spent rewriting my notes so they can resemble the English language instead of gibberish. With all the hard work I ended up with above average GPA and even got A's in English. I finally did graduate college in 2009 with a B.S in Mathematics and minor in Computer Science.
Now I am working at a Mortgage Company working with legal documents and verifying debt. I love my job and very happy there. I am also living in Austin, Texas which I have to say is one of the most unique cities I have ever been to. I have the most amazing boyfriend and a silly goofy odd ball cat named Deckard ( named after Blade Runner.) My boyfriend Justin has a blog site as well about taking adventures and conquering fears, you should check him out. My parents and sister are doing great now. My sister is a Mechanical Engineer, and happily married living in Plano, Tx. My mom and step dad live in Austin. My step dad is brilliant computer engineer and my mother is cross stitch designer.
I wanted to just share with you some stuff about me and the struggles that made me who I am now. Thank you for taking an interest at my site. I hope you enjoy my creations.
