Brittany Rebecca Helton

‘Grief is like a refiner’s fire. It will leave with something beautiful.’

‘I am grateful from the core of my being for the life I have shared with my loved one.’

“Nothing could stop you. Not the best day. Not the quiet. Not the ocean rocking. You went on with your dying.”

– Mark Strand

‘Death is a mystery in which the living are bystanders, but a mystery to be trusted.’

There must has been something really good going on up there last night baby! We had some serious thunder, lightning, hail and rain last night for about 10 minutes or more. Actually all weekend. Thank you for that. It was much needed and much appreciated. One of my friends sent me a message saying that at 10:08 was when it hit. You and your signs. Now just about everyone that knows us knows what your signs are.

You were with Jill and her husband this past weekend. She was at a store and her total was a pure sign from you. What are you trying to tell me?

I miss you oh so much. I hope and pray that you are resting in peace. Thank you for looking over us. I love you sweet angel.

‘I will hold before myself the promise of a renewed and joyful life.’

‘I will not try to shortchange the process of grieving. I will take one day at a time.’

‘We found that our circle of friends shifted…We were surprised and disappointed that people we thought were good friends became distant, uneasy, and seemed unable to help us. Others who were casual acquaintances became suddenly close, sustainers of life for us. Grief changes the rules, and sometimes rearranged the combinations.”

 – Martha Whitmore Hickman

‘On my life journey I will have many companions. I am grateful for my friends – old and new – and for the ways in which our stories draw us close.’

‘May I not clutch my grief so tightly to myself that I cannot receive help when it is offered.’

‘As I learn my life anew, may I be empowered by loving memories.’

‘I celebrate the life of the one I loved – in all the fullness of his or her human qualities.’