
Madison Chapman
Cognoscenti contributor
Madison Chapman is a writer, federal worker and proud cancer survivor from California, currently based in Washington, D.C. Her work appears in The New York Times, HuffPost, The Washington Post, TIME, Newsweek and elsewhere. When she isn't hiking with her husband, she's making pottery or at her desk typing up her next story. You can find her on Bluesky and Instagram.
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After cancer, no place felt like home. A cardinal helped me find my way
After cancer treatment in her early 20s, Madison Chapman found comfort in a cardinal who visited a feeder outside her window. "I’d come to rely on the bird feeder, each...