07/29/2026
Hi friends!
I wanted to reach out as I’m sure you all have noticed the last few years I have been in and out. And there’s been a lot of new activity in here that I wanted to share a post so you can know a little bit about me. So here goes.. get ready for a long post… full of vulnerability and honesty… but best of all? Hope.
In June of 2022 I was involved in a serious car accident where I was at a dead stop on the highway and someone rear ended me going approx 65 mph . And unfortunately that was the end of the ‘Raychel’ I knew myself to be. I was instantly diagnosed with a TBI (traumatic brain injury) and was put on immediate bed rest. For months I went to neurologists multiple times per week for them to tell me they could not help me, and that all they could do was do their best to curb the symptoms. Only time could ‘heal me’. I fought and fought. Begged and begged for someone to hear me. My brain was ‘broken’ was all I could tell them and no one would listen to me.
I was depressed. Hopeless. Exhausted in every way. A year and a half I got 0 answers. And I started documenting every instance in my life. When I brought that to my doctor FINALLY he listened. He did an EEG and DURING the test I had MANY mini seizures. One word changed it all.
Epilepsy. I had EPILEPSY. Now my brain gets overstimulated? It literally shuts down. I cannot control it. I cannot help it. But at least I finally had answers. After 5 surgeries and so many tests I finally had an answer. But with that came so much heartbreak. I had to grieve what I knew as ‘me’. Everything I’ve ever known of myself I had to relearn. And I will be honest… I gave up. I completely let myself go and just let that diagnosis define me.
4 years have gone by, and I can finally say I am BACK. I have decided to not let this decide how I live my life. My babies need me. I NEED ME. And I am back better and stronger than ever ready to finally help make some magical memories for all of you. Because, after all, life is too short. And now more than ever I am ready to give you me again. ❤️
I’m still the same Disney obsessed travel girlie, just with a twist. ❤️❤️
So thank you. Thank you for reading this if you’ve gotten this far, but also thank you for choosing to give me the opportunity to be a part of the magic.