Liliya is being emathetic regarding the hostages' theme.
She writes me from Russia that it's hard to imagine how the parents must
feel.
She adds: "What a crazy world we live in"; "What are the values nowadays?"
And concludes with: "It's hard to tell..."

Yes dear Liliya. Crazy indeed. And It's really hard to tell... Only that at
times it feels like living hell. So many questions running through one's
mind. Humankind... Human? Kind? Can it get even worse? Or that we hit
bottom? Will we manage to heal and rise like a phoenix?