Rachael

Dimond/UIdaho/UAA alum. Ocular Melanoma Survivor. wife to amazing guy, mom to two amazing kids, Lilah and Brody.

[Rachael @rdahljohnson]

@WorkElizab Can they come do my neighborhood next? Fantastic work, so bright and sunny!

[ESPN @espn]

Karl-Anthony Towns.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

To everyone so eager to cancel someone for a tattoo they got at age 22, a drunk text, a selfie they took in the middle of a mental health crisis:

Show us your laptop.
Show us your iCloud.
Open your entire digital life to your worst enemy. No context. No filter. No explanation.

You won’t.

You won’t because you know what I know. Any one of us, frozen at our worst moment, photographed in our lowest hour, looks like a monster. Looks like a stranger. Looks like someone who deserves to be cast out.

That is not who we are.

My mom and baby sister were killed in a car accident when I was just a kid. Cancer took my brother Beau, my best friend and my rock. I battled alcoholism. I battled addiction. I chose the coward’s way out more times than I can count.

For years I believed the defining chapters of my life were written by tragedy, loss, and shame.

I no longer believe that.

Pain can shape us. Loss can humble us. Failures can leave scars that never fully fade. But none of them have the authority to define us.

And it sure as hell ain’t the critic that counts.

That authority belongs to us alone-the person in the arena.

Every setback presents a choice. Play the victim, or cut the bullshit and take ownership for who we become next.

Life does not determine our character. It reveals it.

Again and again we are asked the same question. When shit happens, what next?

We are not defined by what happened to us. We are not defined by the worst photo, the worst text, the worst tattoo, the worst night. We are defined by the person we choose to become. And by the courage to choose that person, every single day.

So before you reach for the gavel - show us your laptop.

You won’t.

The whole world saw mine. And I am still here. Still becoming. Still choosing. Still standing.

That is the only definition that matters.

[NEW YORK KNICKS @nyknicks]

DUN DUN.

[Rachael @rdahljohnson]

@JackoutX ✋🏼✋🏼✋🏼 all the way from alaska! My son is a huge Ant (and Minnesota) fan! Our family is from there.

[Rachael @rdahljohnson]

@JackoutX ✋🏼✋🏼 my son would love to go! We are in alaska, but would 100% hop a flight

[Colorado Avalanche @Avalanche]

Force of Nature vs. Adjective

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

For the first time in over a decade, Minnesota will be playing in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs 🙌

[Rachael @rdahljohnson]

😭😭😭💙💙

[NBA Memes @NBAMemes]

The most heartbreaking photo of this postseason 💔

Get well soon Donte🙏

[Rachael @rdahljohnson]

Apparently we can’t have a wolves win on the same day as a wild win, good thing they don’t play on the same day for game 3 🙄

[Dallas Stars @DallasStars]

Same roots. Same rivalry. New chapter.

[Jordan Rolfes @CoachRolfes]

I won't wait until I die to help my kids.

I will help them in their 30s:

1. With a down payment on a house.
2. Taking their family on vacation
3. Paying for their dinner out
4. Providing free childcare

That's better than any big inheritance left at the grave.

[Rachael @rdahljohnson]

@VDOOZER I’m a therapist and so many little life lessons in every episode. The projection in the last one from Jimmy onto his mentor brought to tears. Wounds go deep, and show themselves in interesting places 💙

[Rachael @rdahljohnson]

Competitive cheer competition- specifically, Cheersport. 🤣

[Jon Gruden @BarstoolGruden]

I have my Cinderella for this year and it’s the IDAHO VANDALS, MAN!! #ExperianBoostOrBust @stoolpresidente @BarstoolUIdaho

[Chip Scoggins @chipscoggins]

This is Drew Kortan and John Gramer watching Moorhead warmup at the 2017 state tournament. They were 7 years old and dreaming of being down there on the ice.
Tonight, they won state championship as sophomores.

[Eric Thompson @eric_j_thompson]

Mox, Lance, and Billy Bob are all gone. 😭

[Rachael @rdahljohnson]

@PatMcAfeeShow Left side of the line is 22 years old.

[NFL Memes @NFLMemes]

The difference between the two Super Bowl halftime shows has me rolling 😭