We have all stumbled, searched and grasped for the right words to offer someone who is experiencing great fear, sadness or loss, and in the end we mostly feel stupid, small and embarrassed.
Because sometimes there truly are no words, even if we are unable to grasp that simple reality.
In the last week former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Babe Laufenberg and his son, Luke, have shared their story with a few local outlets; Luke was diagnosed with Burkitt's Leukemia on Dec. 26. He did the whole nightmare that is modern cancer treatment.
"Dad, there must be 2,000 people praying for me.