Brittany Rebecca Helton

“Grief dares us to love once more.” – Terry Tempest Williams

‘When the time comes, I will be ready.’

‘The memory of my loved one is a part of my life forever.’

“The problem with death is absence.” – Roger Rosenblatt

‘I am, and always will be, a port of all that I have known.’

‘In the midst of winter I will entertain the possibility that summer will come.’

‘It’s okay for me to take care of myself right now.’

‘I will trust this process to unfold in its own time.’

‘In extreme darkness I will look up and see the stars.’

‘In the rhythms that flow through us all, I find hope and promise.’

“As for inflicting our sorrow on other people, one does not want to go around blathering and crying all the time. But perhaps it is our gift to others to trust them enough to share our feeling with them. It may help them deal with some of their own.” – Martha Whitmore Hickman

‘I will not further burden myself with false prohibitions about tears.’

‘Knowing I have company in my struggle can help me see my way through.’