Rachel Snavely-Merhaut

Suspension of Disbelief Rachel Snavely-Merhaut

Growing up, always knowing she was adopted, Rachel met her first mom when she was 16 years old in 2008. The following eight years of reunion were more challenging than Rachel ever expected them to be. Their relationship ebbed and flowed through magical perfection and agonizing heartache. Thoughts written down and pieced together into poetry throughout Rachel's life, from age 16 to 29, Rachel's coming of age writings explore what it means to be someone the world is committed to not understand. She delves into her intersectional truth of being an adopted, gay woman and the pain and love that comes along with it.