“You are not empty,” Edythe said through a clenched jaw, and she spoke from her own determination. “You are grieving. Yes, you have changed. There is no way around our own life experiences. We must live through them, and we do.” Edythe pulled away and met Eleanor’s eyes. “You have not been depleted. You have been added upon. Gift this to your people. Draw strength from who you have always been, and draw wisdom from what you have now seen.”
