Jenna Bush Hager shares her heartbreak over the rare illness her son Hal is facing: “It’s hard to accept he’s battling something so severe.”

In Italy, Jenna Bush Hager discovered that traveling with young children is less about perfection and more about surrender. As Hal drifted in and out of sleep under the soaring ceilings of the Vatican, she watched the collision of wonder and exhaustion play out on his small face. Every time his eyes fluttered open, he clung to the moment, stubbornly refusing to miss the magic around him.