I heard the news when I called my mom to let her know that we’d gotten home from L.A. where we had been for my sister-in-law’s wedding.

Rather than try to come up with something coherent when I’m tired and waiting for Daniel to go down for his nap (so I can go down for one too), I’m going to give you three links to amazing women who sum up my sentiments: Elizabeth Esther, Jackie, and Leah.