Gerda Weissman Klein was a Holocaust survivor who was deported from Germany as a teenager and then later married the US Army officer who led the troops that rescued her.

After a week of praying, or wishing, or simply hoping, a lot of us started this weekend with heartache. It is hard to face an evil that is in your backyard. There is darkness you will never comprehend. And maybe you aren't meant to comprehend it. because that would mean a part of you could hold on to it long enough for your eyes to adjust to the void, begin to make out shapes from the shadows. But, it is hard to know it still exists. I suppose it would be easy to say the world is an evil place and proceed to seal your heart from it. But then you also block all the good as well. So, we will just have to be a little more gentle with each other, a little more careful, knowing we're all walking around with exposed hearts, daring the world to be better than it is today. There are raspberries to be found.