Overview

• During the Sept. 22 fourth hour of Today With Jenna & Friends, Jones cried as Jenna Bush Hager played video messages from her closest friends.
• The friends later joined her in Studio 1A, underscoring the support network that has helped her family since Ojeh's death at 45.
• Jones said a song Hager sent reinforced the idea of love finding her in pain, which she described as sustaining during grief.
• She shared that the end of her first week back and the following Saturday were especially difficult without her longtime partner to debrief with.
• Jones discussed carving out scheduled self-care, a practice she credited to Hoda Kotb, and is slated to cohost Jenna & Friends through Friday, Sept. 26.