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Thrilled to unveil Alice’s Cape May, the part represents the whole . . . .

April 22, 2015 by Janice Wilson Stridick

Thrilled to unveil Alice’s Cape May, the part represents the whole . . . .

Fifteen years ago, Saturday, my mother began painting a large oil portrait of me. That may sound unremarkable, since she was a painter and I am her daughter, but it was highly charged for two reasons: I was busy, healthy, and I hate to sit for portraits. She was weak, breathless, dying of breast cancer, and she had never been satisfied with any of the previous portraits she’d attempted of me. In her home, and my sibling’s homes, there were plenty of portraits of the rest of the family. Her … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alice Steer Wilson, Artist, Breast Cancer Survival, Cape May NJ, Family Caregivers, Hoarding or Curating, Memoir, Mothers and Daughters, Poetry, Women and Creativity, Women's Stories, Women's Studies, Women's Wisdom

An Awesome Mother’s Breast Cancer: A Difficult Daughter’s Redemption

October 5, 2014 by Janice Wilson Stridick

An Awesome Mother’s Breast Cancer: A Difficult Daughter’s Redemption

  When celebrities like Angelina Joli, Joan Lunden and Hoda Kotb summon the courage to speak openly about their breast cancer, they offer an alternative to fear, hopelessness and isolation. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but for many, this awareness is year-round. My awesome artist-mother, Alice Steer Wilson, died of the disease in 2001. As a high-risk woman with high-density breast tissue (difficult daughter with complicated breasts), I've undergone MRIs, ultrasounds, genetic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alice Steer Wilson, Artist, Blog, Breast Cancer Survival, Memoir, Women and Creativity

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