HOST JACKIE TANTILLO -She Was A Survivor-She Was My Hero S2E3

<p>Hannah refers to her mother as a saint and her hero.  As a child, my guest, remembers her mother's great sense of humor, dancing and listening to music, learning about bug and butterflies and the significance of faith.</p><p>Rebecca, Hannah's mother endured much pain and sorrow as a young girl fleeing the Nazi's in Europe. At 17, Rebecca, on her own, immigrated to America with her younger brother. </p><p>The definition of the word 'saudade' - a deep emotional state of nostalgic or profound melancholic longing for an absent something or someone that one cares for and/or loves. Moreover, it often carries a repressed knowledge that the object of longing might never be had again."</p><p>My guest understands this feeling completely. She hangs onto the good memories and has passed them onto her own daughter Rebecca, who's named after her  mother.</p><p>Dr. Hannah Brooks is a board certified surgeon, breast cancer specialist and geneticist and now practices upstate New York.</p><p> </p><p> </p>