Today show anchor Craig Melvin has been offering lots of encouragement to his “big sister” and former cohost Sheinelle Jones as she mourns the loss of her husband, Uche Ojeh, who died in May.

Melvin, 46, exclusively told Us Weekly about an uplifting recent conversation he had with Jones, 48, prior to her September 5 return to Today.

“I said to her a few months ago, I was like, ‘God doesn’t give us more than we can bear. You got this,’” Melvin recalled to Us. “You coming back to work sends a message to all of those folks who watch and listen to us every day that grief is a process, but at the end of the day, you have to put one foot in front of the other, and you have to keep going. People are going to be able to look at you and see someone who is doing just that.”

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