A week ago, after the ginger scones and suffocating with sadness, she took the afternoon off from work and drove to Micanopy to look at antiques, because she feels solace when she touches things that have survived generations of human hands.
I appreciate them memorializing those killed here, but I don't feel any solace at this time".
In the face of powerful emotions, our own words may seem hollow and inadequate, while the confirmation that people in the past felt as we now feel holds solace.
"We hope they feel some solace".
At a time when such a dramatic question may actually feel pertinent, one can find solace in the answer: No (well, not exactly).
In the beautiful elevator, with the metalwork and the cherry-burl walls, he feels a solace.
Some soldiers felt little solace at the ease of the first fight.
And as it did, I began to feel that the solace I had gained might have been an empty, temporary one.
Maybe that's enough: paying someone to tell you something you know may not be (and most likely isn't) true in order to feel a little solace, to hurt just a little less.
Let's try and find solace in these pictures showing just how it feels when an entire nation is united.
