I love listening to podcasts (who would've thought that!!!).

One of the podcasts I listen to is called "Bit of Optimism" by Simon Sinek.

I was looking through the episodes and was drawn to the latest one titled "Moral Courage with Diane Foley, mother of executed journalist James Foley."

I was so wowed by what I heard that the next day I went to YouTube to see if I could find more about this woman.

In short, she is the mother of a journalist who was kidnapped and killed by ISIS in 2012. The person who killed him was called The Beatle within the terrorist group.

He was captured and tried for the crime he committed. After some time (I don't know exactly how long), Diane Foley went to the prison to meet and talk to her son's killer, face to face, and the first thing she said to him was, "Hello Alexander, it's a pleasure to meet you."

A book was written about James's death, about Diane's act, and everything involved in it, from James's journey to the Middle East, through his murder, and ending with the creation of the James Foley Legacy Foundation by Diane.

Was this all an act of drama, like a theatre act?   Hmm, I don't believe so.

A mother will always defend her children, even give her life for them, because that's part of what it means to be a mother. If she had been there during her son's murder, she would surely have moved mountains to defend James from his oppressors.

Especially being who Diane is!