Not the least of which was advancing to the final in the women’s double sculls at the 2012 Olympic Games with her teammate Sarah Trowbridge (Guilford, Conn.), or the birthday she has coming up in two days.
One of the biggest reasons Shumway, 32, of Westlake, Ohio, had to be thankful for, was that her mother, Julia, was here to see her achieve a dream. Julia Shumway, 63, was diagnosed with lung cancer two years ago, and is in the middle of a second-round of chemotherapy.
And so, only minutes after climbing out of their boat, both Shumway and Trowbridge walked immediately to the friends and family section and gave Margot’s mother a long three-way hug.
“It is hard and it isn’t,” Shumway said later, while glancing back at her mother who was wearing a pink scarf and sitting in a wheel chair surrounded by family.
“It was definitely harder when she was first diagnosed, because it was just such an unknown,” she said. “But it’s been two years now, she was off chemo for a full year, but she’s back on it now to she if she can keep everything at bay for a little longer.
“Just look at her. She’s in London in the middle of chemo and just fighting through it, so I’m proud of her, and it’s tough, but my whole family is here and nothing could be better than that,” she said.
“Instead of focusing on worrying, I focus on celebrating the moment and what we have and that’s something I definitely take from my mom, because she is just so thankful that she is here and healthy and with all of her children and her husband and celebrating this awesome experience.”
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