For there is a helplessness in grief. The grief over the death of thousands of children in Gaza. Wars that have no end in sight. A political landscape here and around the world that weighs us down.

We will all grieve in our own way. Again, refrain from telling someone to move on with their lives, or to get over their grief. It asks a lot of us to simply be with someone. Not trying to give answers. Not needing to offer a pithy saying or bible verse. Being with what is. That is holy.