Hi Family, it's

It's hard to believe that the 10th season has come to an end.

We spend months assembling the season and then as the

episodes drop each week time seems to accelerate. I received so much

interesting feedback from many of you about the season's stories.

The compassion, kindness, identification, connection you felt toward these guests is wonderful

to hear.

There was sometimes consternation and frustration too.

Family secrets can be, well, triggering.

It's not always a comfortable listen, honestly I don't know if anything truly can be always

comfortable. My hope is that these stories will make you think, make you empathize, and make you feel less alone

in this human condition we all share.

We are complicated creatures,

and yet, no matter how different our lives may be,

we're more alike on the inside than we often realize.

And this awareness can bring us closer together in an often fractured world.

I also want to thank so many of you who reached out when I let everyone know I was going through

a challenging time health-wise.

Six months post my diagnosis of an early stage ocular melanoma, my treatment is complete and my prognosis is excellent.

I've spent my life as an artist and a human being trying to glean the lessons from whatever life has handed me.

Whether the early loss of my dad, the rare illness my son went through and recovered from as an infant.

My husband's cancer five years ago.

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