Articles written by Rachel Barcelona

How To Guides |
Community

About me - Rachel Barcelona

Oh goodness...about me? Someone truly wants to know? Well, for starters, I'm 31 years old, 9 months pregnant with my sixth, yes, sixth, baby. We are due anytime between now and then:) Seriously though, I just recently retired medically from the US Air Force

+ more bio information

RSS Feed

Politics, News & Issues > US Immigration Undocumented and illegal immigrants should have a roadmap to US citizenship: 11 of 82

Hang on, I'm climbing onto my soap box. Okay, now that I'm safely settled, I have to vent! Yes, American is the land of the free, home of the brave, the land of opportunity, yada yada yada...well, that is rapidly changing BECAUSE there are so many people in American who have arrived here via ILLEGAL lines. These illegals are...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Reflections on success, struggle, and happiness: 96 of 263

SOMETIMES Sometimes life deals hard hands to play, And sometimes there seems to be no way To win with the cards you're holding. Sometimes love is hard to find, And it's sometimes hard to keep in mind That not everyone is bad. Sometimes things won't go your way, And sometimes you don't want to stay. But you can't always run a...
Relationships & Family > Marriage & Intimacy How frequently people make love: 12 of 21

In marriage, love-making tends to vary from couple to couple. Specifically, I feel that the more stress an individual couple is enduring directly relates to the amount of intimacy that couple can share. For example, if a couple finds themselves swamped with extra work hours, long nights caring for children, too much excess b...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Child Discipline Strategies Alternatives to spanking: 9 of 14

Okay, being a mother of five, I have found that spanking doesn't always work...sometimes, granted, it does bring a point home, but my husband and I have developed a strategy of disciplines that seem to have a much more lasting effect. O Our children are currently ages 10, 8, 8, 6, and 3 (and of course, we have another on the...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Pregnancy Easing morning sickness: 6 of 6

Alright, let me start by saying that "morning" sickness is not what it claims to be. For any given pregnant lady, morning could come up with the sun or the moon or anytime in between. Whomever coined the phrase "morning" sickness was probably male and only saw his lovely bride ill in the morning just before he joustled off t...