Back in October, Emily came on the podcast to talk about her brother Jack, who had tragically passed from brain cancer. Today, we have her older sister, Leigh, joining us to share her perspective in dealing with Jack’s illness. Leigh was away at college for a large portion of Jack’s battle, and was also dealing with her own personal health crisis, which created a lot of difficult emotions for her. We also talk a lot about some of the inspirational writings Jack published on his blog (linked below) before he passed away, as well as some of the pieces he hadn’t published that Leigh later discovered.
Highlights of this episode include:
-How 30 Rock & The Beatles remind her of Jack
-Discovering some of Jack’s unpublished writings on his computer after his passing
-How she believes cancer affected his overall confidence, self worth, and dating life
-Being diagnosed with Crohn’s disease during Jack’s cancer battle
-The element that made Jack’s wake so much different than most others
Also, here is a link to the blog Jack started that we talk about in the episode: https://icouldbethewalrus.wordpress.com/
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