Emily, Part 2: On Cancer, Courage, Death & Life

Where we last left off in Part 1, Emily was telling us about her experience dealing her younger brother’s battle with brain cancer, in addition to the news that her mother also had cancer. Things had seemed like they were finally settling down for a bit, until her brother’s cancer returned...

In this episode, we talk about:
Her brother Jack’s second cancer diagnosis, and where she was when it happened
The hilarious joke Jack played on me when I ran into one time
What Jack had to say about Emily shaving her head
Her last time she saw Jack
The period of time following his death, why she never took time off from school
Why death, dying, and illness doesn’t need to be a taboo topic to talk about.