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Welcome to the Journey Hey there! I’m so glad you’re here. I’m Raquel, preacher’s daughter, firefighter’s wife, mama, storyteller, and...

When Faith Meets Black Friday... from the Break Room of Heaven This year, for the first time in over a decade, I won’t be at the front doors at 5:00 a.m., keys in one hand, lukewarm coffee in the other, praying that the barcode scanner works and that no one asks me where we keep the 3-in-1 curling wand set (again).   No, ma’am, this year I will not be running the floor like a half-baptized drill sergeant with a headset.  I will not be scraping perfume testers off the tile or

Halloween at our house is always… an event . Every year, I tell myself I’ll start costume planning early. Every year, I lie. I have this wild mom dream of my kids matching in the cutest themed costumes because if I’m already stressed, I might as well be stressed cohesively , right? One year we were the magical Madrigals from Encanto (and yes, we don’t talk about Bruno, but we do talk about how much glitter that year involved). Another year it was Toy Story , my son got to be