Jill Biden What Ukrainian mothers taught me about this war

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Jill Biden is the first lady of the United States. She recently visited Romania, Slovakia and Ukraine over Mother's Day weekend. The opinions expressed in this commentary are her own. View more opinion on CNN.

(CNN)You cannot go into a war zone and come away unchanged. You don't have to see the sorrow with your eyes because you can feel it with your heart.

The thing about grief is that it veils one's face. It's like a haze has descended. The tears of the mothers stay permanently on the edges of their eyes, as if they can barely contain their sadness. They grasp their children's hands or touch their hair as if they can't bear to lose the physical connection. They wear brave faces, but their emotion is portrayed in the slope of their shoulders, the nervousness in their bodies.
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