Brittany Rebecca Helton

‘As I cherish my friends who are far away, I hold in my heart the memory of my loved one.’

‘To some extent it is in my power to decidewhen I will let my grief take over.’

“Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. I mean, do not be disturbed because of your imperfections, and always rise up bravely from a fall. I’m glad that you make daily a new beginning; there is no better means of progress in the spiritual life than to be continually beginning afresh. ” – Francis De Sales

Happy Easter my angel! Even though we did not have the chance to spend many Easters together, I know that you loved this holiday. I hope you are up there having the greatest Easter egg hunt ever. I have no doubt that you are helping the little ones find all the eggs! You are such a good girl like that.

I miss you so much and have been thinking alot about you. I have said it before, and I will say it again…You and your sisters are my sunshine. My reason for living. The reason I have a smile on my face everyday and the reason I wake up in the morning.

I love you. Rest my angel.

“Grief comes in unexpected surges…Mysterious cues that set off a reminder of grief. It comes crashing like a wave, sweeping me in its crest, twisting me inside out. Then recedes, leaving me broken. Oh mama, I don’t want to eat, to walk, to get out of bed. Reading, working, cooking, listening, mothering. Nothing matters. I do not want to be distracted from my grief. I wouldn’t mind dying. I wouldn’t mind it at all.” – Toby Talbot

It is amazing the way depression lifts when we are able to move out of our own concerns and do something for someone else.’

‘Perhaps in some new work of my hands I will find solace and meaning for my life.’

‘I am not trying to overlook these feelings of long-term grief- just to keep my life from being inundated by them.’

“A person that never climbs will never fall.” – William Shakespeare

‘The risks of loving are worth taking, even the risk of loss.’

‘I will stay with the anxieties and cares of today, trusting to the unknown future its unknown cares.’