June 6th
My mother died 26 years ago today. I was 26 years old. Starting tomorrow, I will have lived more of my life without her than I did with...
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hollyhanchey
- Feb 14, 2022
- 7 min
A love letter to my Father
Originally written February 12, 2022 Jefferson Michael Hanchey 8/8/44 - 2/12/22 My father died today. It was not unexpected. He has been...
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hollyhanchey
- Feb 7, 2022
- 6 min
The people vs. Miranda Hobbes, et. al.
NOTE: This blog post contains spoilers for the first season of “And Just Like That” on HBO. Like most women who were alive in the late...
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hollyhanchey
- Jan 21, 2022
- 3 min
Combat Boots & A Possible Haunting
I bought a pair of combat boots today, and it’s one of the most defiant things I’ve ever done. That may not seem like much to you. But to...
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hollyhanchey
- May 28, 2021
- 5 min
Flying High
Last weekend, I flew to Dallas on a jet plane. It was the first of three flights in three days. I went to Dallas to see family, sure, but...
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hollyhanchey
- Mar 23, 2021
- 5 min
Living up to your potential
Lately I have been thinking a lot about the idea of living up to one’s potential. In addition to the writing and social media marketing...
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hollyhanchey
- Dec 30, 2020
- 6 min
The end of (these) times
2020 has been a real ass-kicker across the board. Pandemics, job losses, a crappy economy (unless you’re a billionaire), a contentious...
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hollyhanchey
- Sep 8, 2020
- 4 min
The (Extremely) Long Goodbye
We got some bad news about my dad today.
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hollyhanchey
- Jul 20, 2020
- 3 min
A touchy subject: COVID-19 and the COVID 19... pounds
It’s kind of a running joke now, people talking about how much weight they’ve gained over the course of this quarantine and pandemic....
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hollyhanchey
- Jul 9, 2020
- 3 min
Do unto others…and wear the ^&* mask.
My mother was annoyingly familiar with this little gem of wisdom, and made my brother and I follow it at all times. We are the kind of...
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hollyhanchey
- Jul 6, 2020
- 4 min
Guilty pleasure.
I have a confession to make. . . . I cannot stop watching TLC’s “90 Day Fiance’: The Other Way.” I try. I try so hard not to watch it....
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hollyhanchey
- Jul 5, 2020
- 3 min
We are not all OK.
Check on your single friends and family. We’re not ok. One of the benefits of being single for so long is my comfort in my independence....
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hollyhanchey
- May 20, 2020
- 2 min
My favorite photo
Who is this kid?
She’s clearly contemplating the Big Things In Life.
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hollyhanchey
- May 18, 2020
- 1 min
Into the Unknown
Today, I submitted ten pages of a manuscript, a book I've been working on, to a literary agent. That line on my to-do list has been a...
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hollyhanchey
- May 4, 2020
- 3 min
Happy birthday to me.
I just turned 50, the first birthday my mother never celebrated.
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hollyhanchey
- Apr 7, 2020
- 3 min
Just when you think you have a handle on things...
The Universe shows you how unpredictable it can be. I started off yesterday morning with a new routine. Set an alarm! Meditated! Put in...
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hollyhanchey
- Mar 23, 2020
- 2 min
50/50 shot
When I quit my job in December of 2019, several people told me I was brave. "Brave, or stupid. Could go either way," I always replied. It...
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hollyhanchey
- Mar 4, 2020
- 1 min
Letters from my mom
For all the faults I’ve been digging through in therapy, my mother was really a wonderful human being. She wrote letters faithfully...
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hollyhanchey
- Feb 11, 2020
- 2 min
RIP MacBook Air, 2011-2020
My beloved MacBook Air passed away this week from a malfunctioning hard drive. She was really there for me during some hard times. When...
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