Can you share a positive example of where you’ve felt loved?
My wife and I lost a son when I was at college. As the end of my baccalaureate years closed in I was losing my respect for the campus community and felt less in common with the religious community whose interests I was supposed to champion. I would have left college with an unmistakably great academic record, lots of professional promise, record-breaking achievements, but with an opinion of the campus community that it did not deserve.
The entire community came to mourn with us. They brought food, they brought money, and they brought themselves, most just to sit silently with us. The love we felt was undisguised, genuine and is unforgettable. Every aspect of the community’s support was perfectly loving.
