Jack Schlossberg has publicly expressed his support for his sister, Tatiana Schlossberg, following her recent revelation of a terminal cancer diagnosis. Tatiana, 35, disclosed her acute myeloid leukemia diagnosis in an essay published by The New Yorker on Saturday, November 22. She received the diagnosis after welcoming her second child in May 2024 and has been given one year to live.
“I couldn’t — I couldn’t — believe they were talking about me,” Tatiana wrote in her essay, titled “A Battle With My Blood.” She added, “I had swum a mile in the pool the day before, nine months pregnant. I wasn’t sick. I didn’t feel sick. In fact, I was one of the healthiest people I knew.”
Tatiana emphasized her responsibilities as a mother. She stated, “I had a child I loved more than anything and a newborn I needed to care for.”
Hours after her essay’s publication, Jack Schlossberg shared excerpts and a link to it on his Instagram stories. He is currently campaigning for Congress, seeking to represent New York’s 12th congressional district, a seat presently held by Representative Jerrold Nadler.
One shared passage from his sister’s essay read, “When you’re dying, at least in my limited experience, you begin to remember everything.” The passage describes vivid flashes of memories.
Jack also posted the message, “Life is short — let it go.” This phrase appeared over photos of a road and the sky on his Instagram stories. It seemed to be a direct response to his sister’s emotional essay.
Tatiana shares a 3-year-old son and a 1-year-old daughter with her husband, George Mora. In her essay, she acknowledged the extensive support she received from her family.
She thanked her husband for handling doctors and insurers, sleeping at the hospital, and bringing her dinner. “He would go home to put our kids to bed and come back to bring me dinner,” she detailed.
Tatiana also expressed gratitude to her parents, Jack, and her older sister, Rose Schlossberg. She wrote, “They have held my hand unhesitatingly as I suffered, trying not to show their pain and sadness to protect me.” She called their help a “great gift,” despite feeling their pain daily.
The diagnosis has led Tatiana to reflect on her children’s future without her. She fears her young children will not remember her.
“My first thought was that my children, whose faces live permanently inside my eyelids, would not remember me,” she stated. She noted that she was unable to care for her infant daughter due to infection risks after transplants. “I was absent for almost half of her first year of life,” Tatiana added, questioning if her daughter would truly know or remember her as her mother.