Love, Family and Agnostics

My dearest friends are waiting for a loved one to die. The rituals of death are in place, and I expect to hear in a matter of hours that death has come. My friend A is heartbroken. His mother has always been the heart of his family, and he doesn't know how that family will change when her heart stops beating. His wife, my friend L is, as always, amazing. She is also in pain, for she and her mother-in-law have loved each other for many years. Yet L is thinking of her husband and inlaws, and of her daughters.

L is an avowed agnostic, of Jewish descent. Her mother in law is a devout Filipino Catholic. Yet L is participating in the rites and prayers. She hasn't changed her beliefs, she is respecting others. That is true tolerance of others' beliefs.
And love.