Rachel Head

Rachel works as an adjunct college professor at College of DuPage and College of Lake County while finishing her PhD in Rhetoric and Composition at Northern Illinois University. Rachel is happy to have found the energy, time, and passion to write creatively again after academia took over her life, and hopes to learn better ways to balance her writing so she never has to choose between the two. Rachel lives with her daughter, Evelyn, and brother Danny in Villa Park, along with their loyal dog, Winnie, and kitty cat, Jelly Bean.

The Snakes That Live In Our Hands

When did my hands become my mother’s?
I took the time to really notice them, finishing typing the last words of a text to my daughter’s babysitter to let her know I would be a little late due to a train delay. Smooth and yet slightly leathered from years of harsh Chicago winters and humid summers. Knuckles crosshatched and indented. Small wrinkles appear here and there, wrapping around my pudgy fingers.
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