Tatiana Schlossberg’s smile said everything.
In a tender family photo shared this week, Schlossberg is seen sitting on the grass with her husband, George Moran, their two young children, and their family dog — a moment of quiet joy captured shortly before her death from cancer at just 35 years old.
The image was posted Monday by the JFK Library Foundation, showing Schlossberg beaming at the camera as Moran looks lovingly toward his wife. Their 1-year-old daughter, Josephine, sat in Moran’s lap, while their 3-year-old son, Edwin, stood behind his mother with his arms resting gently on her shoulders. The family was dressed casually, the scene warm and unguarded.
“As we remember Tatiana and celebrate her life, our hearts are with her family and all who loved her,” the foundation wrote alongside the photo.
Schlossberg died on Dec. 30 after a battle with acute myeloid leukemia. The foundation announced her passing at the time, writing, “Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning. She will always be in our hearts.” The message was signed by her family: “George, Edwin and Josephine Moran [as well as] Ed, Caroline, Jack, Rose and Rory.”
The tribute post also included a passage from Schlossberg’s 2019 book, Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don’t Know You Have, a reflection of the work she cared deeply about as an environmental journalist.
“It’s up to us to create a country that takes seriously its obligations to the planet, to each other, and to the people who will be born into a world that looks different than ours has for the last 10,000 years or so,” the excerpt read. She acknowledged the difficulty of that mission, writing, “…Essentially, what I’m describing is hard work with possibly limited success for the rest of your life. But we have to do it, and at least we will have the satisfaction of knowing we made things better.” The quote ended with a hint of humor: “…Come on, it will be fun (?).”
In a deeply personal essay published in The New Yorker in November 2025, Schlossberg shared how she was diagnosed with leukemia shortly after giving birth to Josephine in May 2024.
“I did not — could not — believe that they were talking about me,” she wrote, describing herself as “one of the healthiest people” she knew.
Her treatment included rounds of chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and multiple bone marrow transplants. Her sister became a full match and donated stem cells. “My brother was a half-match, but he still asked every doctor if maybe a half-match was better, just in case,” she added.
Schlossberg spoke with profound gratitude about her husband, a doctor, who she said “did everything for [her] that he possibly could.” She recalled how he handled conversations she didn’t want to have, slept on the hospital floor, and returned each night after putting their children to bed. “He didn’t get mad when I was raging on steroids and yelled at him that I did not like Schweppes ginger ale, only Canada Dry,” she wrote, calling him “perfect.”
She also credited her parents, Caroline Kennedy and Ed Schlossberg, along with her siblings, for surrounding her with love and care. Her maternal grandparents were former President John F. Kennedy and former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
Near the end of her essay, Schlossberg reflected on the fear that her children might not remember her. “Mostly, I try to live and be with them now,” she wrote. “So many of [my memories] are from my childhood that I feel as if I’m watching myself and my kids grow up at the same time.”
The photo shared this week captures exactly that — a mother fully present, surrounded by love, holding onto a moment that now speaks louder than words.