Brittany Rebecca Helton

‘As I begin to see beyone the pain, I sense how both sadness and joy are part of the tapestry of my life.’

‘I will try to let the weight of guilt and regret slip away. I am not perfect. I am loved. and love makes all kinds of allowances – and keeps on loving.’

‘I will welcome and care for the ways in which my loved one continues to live on in me.’

‘Gloom has no value of itself. It’s fine to be happy.’

“They seemed to come suddenly upon happiness as if they had surprised a butterfly in the winter woods.” – Edith Wharton

‘I will see the shadows of my grief everywhere. And move on.’

“If I am feeling down today, it doesn’t mean I will forever.’

‘A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.’ – Proverbs 17:22

“People bring us well-meant but miserable consolations when they tell us what time will do to help our grief. We do not want to lose our grief, because our grief is bound up with our love and we could not cease to mourn without being robbed of our affections.” – Phillips Brooks

‘My loved one is as much a part of my life as the air and food and water that nourish my body. Therefore I shall not fear losing someon who has been, and is, a part of me.’

‘May I now see the sacred tree, and hear the sound of singing birds.’