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Readers of Red Shutters know that I am not enthusiastic about the holidays this year. But here I am on Thanksgiving Day, sitting in my mother-in-law’s living room, surrounded by part of my extended family. The holiday arrived, despite my fervent wish we could ...Read More

This is a repost of an original article I wrote for BlogHer.  In my Facebook news feed today, I saw one friend’s Christmas tree — and it’s early November — and another friend’s pumpkin pie recipe. Holiday decorations are out in the stores, and friends ...Read More

This is a sponsored post for SheSpeaks/AstraZeneca. “You should have your ovaries removed.” Sitting in her hospital bed, wrapped in blankets, my mother peered across the room at me. I’d heard this before from her. Diagnosed with ovarian cancer nearly ten years earlier, my ...Read More

I’ve been largely absent on Red Shutters the past few weeks, and I want to explain why.   My beloved mother passed away on August 31. Diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2006, she survived multiple reoccurrences of the disease over the past nine and ...Read More