Rachel Joy Welcher is a poet and author living in South Dakota with her husband, Pastor Evan Welcher, and their longed-for children, Hildegaard and Richard. Rachel works as an editor at Lexham Press and received her master of letters in theology from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. She is the author of three collections of poetry: Blue Tarp;Two Funerals, Then Easter; and Sometimes Women Lie About Being Okay. You can find her writings at https://racheljoywelcher.substack.com/.