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    Sugar coated grief is still grief, no matter how you coat it

    October 5, 2017

    I returned to the place of my mother’s death today. A lone hospital room in neutral hues with a view of the blossom trees thatContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
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    Suicide, a 7 letter word with more than 13 reasons why

    April 18, 2017

    This post is about suicide. It may trigger you or cause you distress. You have every right to look away if you think it willContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
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    Since when did life come with a stylist and a hashtag?

    May 3, 2016

    I cut my thighs the other day, deliberately. On an image editing website. It was easy to slither off a bit of my thigh, softenContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
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    You can’t kill someone with kindness, just try

    April 27, 2016

    My ex boyfriend once showed up at home with shopping bags filled with women’s clothes. For me. I had, in a funk of self loathing,Continue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
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    Thanks for the Facebook memories, not

    April 20, 2016

    ‘Facebook memories’ let me know that my mother, Joy, died 18 months ago this last week. Thanks Facebook. Now there’s an anniversary I wasn’t planningContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
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    Looking for joy in the bottom of a peanut butter jar

    October 7, 2015

    I am supposed to be writing a book but instead I am writing a blog, but they both start with a ‘b’ so I considerContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
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    That time I pulled an all nighter at Telluride Blues & Brews Festival

    October 1, 2015

    The box canyon of Telluride in Colorado was surely made by unicorns who clicked their golden hooved heels and created a natural amphitheatre straight fromContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
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    I have slept with all kinds of crazy, no word of a lie

    October 1, 2015

    By the time most of us hit at least mid thirties it’s pretty safe to say we’re no longer virgins. I’ve had my fair shareContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
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    I wasn’t expecting to fall in love but it happened

    September 1, 2015

    I didn’t expect to fall in love while in Vail, Colorado but I did.  My dead mother sent me to Vail and while I nowContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
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    That time I got lost in a boat on a lake in Colorado

    August 31, 2015

    Since arriving in Colorado a month ago I have been desperate to hike to a lake, a stunning crystal clear mountain lake. I had picturedContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
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