Seeing the loving bond of parent and child under the hardest circumstances

It was the one-week anniversary of Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapping, and I couldn’t stop thinking about what was in her heart.

Not the cardiac pacemaker that regulated her physical heart, but the heart of feelings.

“Mommy, you are a strong woman,” said her daughter, “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, in a video post. “We love you and will not rest until you are found.”

The love, the angst and the devotion in her voice portrayed what was in her heart.

It also told a lot about her mother...