Author: hollypelesky

i'm not a girl, not yet a woman.

Trippin’

We just returned from vacation in the Pacific Northwest. I'll throw more pictures on here later, but first, here are some quick iPhone pictures:

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Freedom vs. stability

I recently reread The Glass Castle because it's just so damn good. In it, Jeannette Walls talks about how her mom doesn't want to trade her freedom for stability as most adults end up doing. For the past week, I have been thinking about that. About freedom and stability and whether they are both mutually... Continue Reading →

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Writing

This picture makes me so proud. My son loves to read and to scribble. He picks up pens and immediately looks for paper. Maybe he'll be a little like me after all. Maybe his blond hair will stay, too.For some time now, Steve and I have been watching Brandon, wondering if he was left-handed. He... Continue Reading →

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Blood ties

Have you heard of human microchimerism? It's when cells from a fetus pass through the placenta and establish cell lineages within the mother. Women carry fetal cells from babies they have carried. Those cells mix with the mother's own cells - the fetal cells circulate in the mother's bloodstream for decades after each birth. A... Continue Reading →

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Listen

I have had a lot of jobs. I've loved a few of them. But none of them have compared to where I work now. On Fridays at 4pm, we stop working, grab a beer out of the fridge and a plate of snacks and head into our unfinished ping pong area. We play or watch... Continue Reading →

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quitter

I am pathetic. I am a weak person. As you all know, I quit caffeine back in February. And that stuck for awhile - two months, maybe. Until I told myself that having a coffee once in awhile certainly wouldn't make me an addict. And that's true, if you can get once in a while... Continue Reading →

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