Rachel's Grief: Turning Pain into Purpose

0:00On April 26th, Rachel Goldberg-Poland just dropped her memoir titled, When We See You Again, A Raw Look at Grieving Her Son Hersh, The American Israeli. Hossage taken during the October 7th attacks and later killed by Hamas. For months, she fought as a top advocate, wearing tape on her arm, marking every day he was gone, and she traveled the globe pushing for his release. Right up until Israeli forces found his body, she poured her pain into this book, calling it packages of hurt that hit like a truck smashing every bone while walking with her husband. Rachel says her soul buckled under the weight, with days where she cried non-stop, but writing became her way to answer that tough question for, the, bereaved, how are you holding up? Plenty of folks in her shoes feel this deep loss, and she stresses it's part of the human grind, mixed with joy and purpose. Her story resonates because it's real talk on morning, not just for hostage families, but anyone hit by tragedy. Now we know hersh shared a powerful idea with fellow captives,

1:03pulled from Victor Frankl's Holocaust writings, and Nietzsche, if you got a y or a purpose, you can handle almost any how. Those words stuck with the group through their ordeal. That mindset lives on for Rachel and her family. They're bearing this unbearable loss by channeling it into making real change in a messy world, full of, chances to do good. That's your update from entertainment and celebrity news today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story.