Susan Orlins

Susan Orlins is a worrywart. Her anxiety inspires her writing about home and entertaining on Home Goes Strong. On her blog Confessions of a Worrywart, she takes a wry approach to worry. Her personal essays have appeared in The New York Times, Newsday, The Pennsylvania Gazette, The Washington Post Magazine and Huffington Post. She received a Rockower Award for her Moment Magazine profile of sociolinguist Deborah Tannen.   

Susan is the divorced mother of three daughters in their twenties. She lives in Washington, D.C. with her beagle-bassett, Casey, where she leads a nonfiction workshop for the homeless.

For updates and more, "Like" Susan's Facebook Fan Page, follow Susan on Twitter, connect with her on Google+ and read an excerpt from her book on susanorlins.com.

Among her popular articles are Holiday Ideas, Happy Home Series and Healthy Recipes; click this link or scroll down to see more.

Read Susan's memoir, Confessions of a Worrywart: Husbands, Lovers, Mothers, and Others.  

See also her Death of a Husband Series:

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    My Husband's Final Days at Home and His Funeral: Beth's Story Continues (Part 3)

    I want to die at home on my own bed, the way my husband David died. Eventually, because they didn't want him to get …

     
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    Caring for My Dying Husband at Home: Beth's Story (as told to me)

    On the day in 2000 my husband David received results indicating his tumor was inoperable, I received word that I had breast …

     
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    After My Husband Died, Dealing With his Possessions: One Woman's Story

     During the first few months after David died (three days before 9-11), I felt paralyzed. I used to walk into the middle …

     
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    The Funeral: A Widow With Cancer Plans for the Future, Beth's Story Part 5

    When Beth's husband David died from cancer, she followed his instructions to play rock 'n roll at his funeral and to …

     
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    He Asked, "Am I Going to Die?" I Had to Tell Him, "Yes You Are." Beth's Story Part 4

    I was diagnosed with breast cancer the day David received his metastasized tumor diagnosis. He was going to die. I left …

     
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  • Divorce, Downsizing, Dating & Death, One Woman's Story

• It was at a spiritual center in India that Marian, a 55-year-old divorcee, met Jay. She fell in love with him the night she, …