“I took a vacation two years ago, the first vacation in a very long time…and I realized after spending the first few days working on a grant submission before settling into a more relaxed pace, that I really enjoyed that time,” Hollingsworth said. “Before long, I took another vacation and with a little guidance from friends and some research about how to buy a vacation home and eventually retire to it, I made an offer on a home down south and it was accepted! The rest is history!” Hollingsworth looks forward to having the time to write about the transracial adoption research she’s conducted for the last two decades, and spending time with her children and grandchildren. “I don’t feel like I’m leaving something, I feel like I’m going to something, and that is the best kind of retirement.”
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