It’s Cancer

Megan Schumacher
4 min readSep 27, 2021

Learning to sit with the unknown is a practice I have yet to master

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“My dad passed away from cancer and it was so incredibly hard.” This was the response given to my husband and I at a recent party when he mentioned that he’s currently going through chemotherapy. Completely appalled at hearing this, I had to stop myself from literally stepping in between my husband and this man to create some sort of barrier of protection. But the words…

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Megan Schumacher

Toddler mama. Born again creative. Former people pleaser. Working out the fumbles of life on the page.