"But please, please - won't you - can't you give me something that will cure Mother?" Up till then he had been looking at the Lion's great front feet and the huge claws on them; now, in his despair, he looked up at its face. What he saw surprised him as much as anything in his whole life. For the tawny face was bent down near his own and (wonder of wonders) great shining tears stood in the Lion's eyes. They were such big, bright tears compared with Digory's own that for a moment he felt as if the Lion must really be sorrier about his Mother than he was himself.
"My son, my son," said Aslan. "I know. Grief is great. Only you and I in this land know that yet. Let us be good to one another. ..."
C. S. Lewis - The Magician's Nephew
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I am sorry to hear of your loss.
I am heartbroken by this news of your wife's passing. Please know that she is in my prayers, and that I also pray for you in your time of mourning. May your suffering pass quickly, and may life remind you of all its blessings soon.