Savannah Guthrie, co-anchor of NBC's "Today" show, opened up Monday about balancing profound grief with everyday life for her two young children more than four months after her mother Nancy Guthrie was abducted from her Arizona home.

The 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie was reported missing from her residence in the Catalina Foothills area near Tucson on Feb. 1, in what authorities have described as an abduction. As the search continues with no resolution, her daughter shared candid reflections during an emotional segment on "Today with Jenna & Sheinelle."

Guthrie, 52, guest co-hosted the June 8 episode alongside longtime friend Jenna Bush Hager. She discussed returning to the morning show in April while navigating the ongoing family tragedy, drawing on her faith for strength.

"There's this famous scripture about you'll soar on wings like eagles, but there's a part of it which says, 'You'll walk and not grow faint,'" Guthrie said. "There's a time in life when just walking and not growing faint is about as good as it can get. And that's what I feel like I'm doing. I'm trying to walk and not grow faint."

She described the challenge of holding both sadness and joy simultaneously, a message she has tried to share with her children, daughter Vale, 11, and son Charley, 9.

"Like so many people out there, you can hold all of these things together," she continued. "I try to tell my kids that too. We can hold our sadness, and we can hold our joy. And if you don't believe it, just watch me. I've been trying so hard to hold it together, and I promise I will."

Guthrie became visibly tearful as she spoke about finding solace in her work. "It's a gift........

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