This week we’re sharing a favorite episode from the archives as we take a break from our regular podcast schedule to celebrate the New Year. Production assistant Monica Haro selected this episode from December 2021 to reshare. Enjoy!
Tova Wolking is an attorney from Oakland, California. She was diagnosed at age 43 with Stage III, hormone positive breast cancer. She also carries the BRCA2 gene. In this episode, Tova reads her piece “Swim” from Wildfire Magazine’s 2021 “Bay Area Young Survivors” issue. In the wake of Tova’s mom passing away, breast cancer took root in her body. This is the story of one woman asking how to find the key to unlocking her own grief about her breast cancer when her mother took so many of those answers with her when she died. Note of warning for sensitive listeners, this episode touches upon loss and suicide.
