Discover Her Mosaic Life

Beauty in brokenness

I started Her Mosaic Life to promote bonding as a community of authentic women by sharing our invisible battles. My hope is that by sharing my stories, I can testify to God’s ability to take what I’ve perceived as brokenness and create a new MOSAIC masterpiece that’s even stronger and more beautiful than I could ever imagine! A mosaic art piece is made up of many crushed/broken pieces of glass or tile. Often times when the creator is making a mosaic piece, it’s abstract until the final crushed piece is placed. This will be a space where I share my raw emotions through the journey of walking in faith and trust in God, when things haven’t looked the way I’d imagined. My life vision is still abstract and I’m learning how to fully trust my creator’s vision.

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My name is Rachel! I have always had a passion for writing. That combined with my empathetic spirit and desire to connect with other women has brought me to share this space with you! I am a passionate Jesus follower. I am deeply flawed and saved by His grace. I am a wife to my amazing and supportive husband, Justin. I am mother to my beautiful, sweet, gentle girl - Ellie! I am a new foster mom and loving walking in that calling on my life. I work in 401(k) administration for a small local TPA firm and love that my coworkers are basically family. My only true hobby is getting a delicious cup of coffee and finding the best local shops to support!
In recent years I’ve experienced many circumstances where life did not look as I expected and I’ve been learning to live with both joy and lament and that’s where the idea for this blog was born. I’ll be sharing about forgiveness, miscarriage, grief, hope, motherhood, relationships, parenting, faith, foster care, and so much more!

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May 75 min read

Mother’s Day: A battle between celebration and grief

Even in the midst of our losses of our babies over the last several years (2021-2025), Mother’s Day has always been so special to me. In fact the loss of our babies had developed a deeper appreciation for being blessed to be a mother to our little girl. This year, I’m already struggling. It’s April and my social media is flooded with Mother’s Day sales. Church is advertising their child dedications on Mother’s Day. None of this is new, so why am I struggling so much this year

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Aug 15, 20256 min read

The Empty Spaces

The last few weeks at church we’ve been talking about our Inheritance as sons and daughters of God. It’s been a really exciting series...

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Apr 30, 20255 min read

The Father’s Safe Embrace

Just a couple months ago, my sweet girl woke us in the middle of the night! She had a stomach virus and threw up in her bed. My husband...

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Sep 8, 20245 min read

He’ll do it again

In March of 2022, I found myself finally staring at the two pink lines of a pregnancy test again! My eyes saw the two lines and I was filled with excitement. I had been waiting since our first loss for my rainbow baby, my “redemptive pregnancy”. My doctor assured me after my miscarriage that this was more normal than I knew and that she had no concerns for me getting pregnant again and carrying a baby to full term - after all, my body had done it before. For the next two week

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Aug 12, 20249 min read

The beginning of this story

Today I’m sharing some of my journal entries from my very first pregnancy loss. One way I have been able to work through the pain of my...

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Jul 20, 20245 min read

Walking on water - Keeping my eyes on Jesus

Today, I’m reminded of the story in the Bible where Jesus calls Peter to walk on the water. Let me catch you up on where I’m at in life...

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Jul 6, 20244 min read

When God’s clear direction takes an unexpected path, again!

Over the last few years, the plans that my husband and I dreamt up for our family started to seem impossible. We discussed what we wanted...

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