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Left: Public Domain | Right: @jfklibraryfdn \/ Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tatiana Schlossberg\u2019s smile said everything.<\/p>\n

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 \u2014 a moment of quiet joy captured shortly before her death from cancer at just 35 years old.<\/p>\n

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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we remember Tatiana and celebrate her life, our hearts are with her family and all who loved her,\u201d the foundation wrote alongside the photo.<\/p>\n

Schlossberg died on Dec. 30 after a battle with acute myeloid leukemia. The foundation announced her passing at the time, writing, \u201cOur beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning. She will always be in our hearts.\u201d The message was signed by her family: \u201cGeorge, Edwin and Josephine Moran [as well as] Ed, Caroline, Jack, Rose and Rory.\u201d<\/p>\n

The tribute post also included a passage from Schlossberg\u2019s 2019 book, Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don\u2019t Know You Have<\/em>, a reflection of the work she cared deeply about as an environmental journalist.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s 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,\u201d the excerpt read. She acknowledged the difficulty of that mission, writing, \u201c\u2026Essentially, what I\u2019m 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.\u201d The quote ended with a hint of humor: \u201c\u2026Come on, it will be fun (?).\u201d<\/p>\n

In a deeply personal essay published in The New Yorker<\/em> in November 2025, Schlossberg shared how she was diagnosed with leukemia shortly after giving birth to Josephine in May 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did not \u2014 could not \u2014 believe that they were talking about me,\u201d she wrote, describing herself as \u201cone of the healthiest people\u201d she knew.<\/p>\n

Her treatment included rounds of chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and multiple bone marrow transplants. Her sister became a full match and donated stem cells. \u201cMy brother was a half-match, but he still asked every doctor if maybe a half-match was better, just in case,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Schlossberg spoke with profound gratitude about her husband, a doctor, who she said \u201cdid everything for [her] that he possibly could.\u201d She recalled how he handled conversations she didn\u2019t want to have, slept on the hospital floor, and returned each night after putting their children to bed. \u201cHe didn\u2019t get mad when I was raging on steroids and yelled at him that I did not like Schweppes ginger ale, only Canada Dry,\u201d she wrote, calling him \u201cperfect.\u201d<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Near the end of her essay, Schlossberg reflected on the fear that her children might not remember her. \u201cMostly, I try to live and be with them now,\u201d she wrote. \u201cSo many of [my memories] are from my childhood that I feel as if I\u2019m watching myself and my kids grow up at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The photo shared this week captures exactly that \u2014 a mother fully present, surrounded by love, holding onto a moment that now speaks louder than words.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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