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An NYC Mama On Life With Twins (One With Cancer)

Written by Katie Hintz-Zambrano

Photography by Photographed by Kisha Bari

Delivering twins will throw any new mama through a loop. And then, nearly a year later, to get the devastating news that one of them has cancer…well, that’s a turbulent ride that no mother ever wants to find herself on. This was the reality of NYC-based musician Alexa Wilding a little over a year ago. Luckily, the story of Wilding and her identical twin boys, Lou and West, has a happy ending, with Lou being declared cancer-free after treatment. Here, the resilient mama invites us into her home to talk about what living through every parent’s worst nightmare has taught her.

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