Brittany Rebecca Helton

“The moment comes when our eyes are opened, and we see and realize that grace is infinite. Grace, my friends, demands nothing from us but that we shall await it with confidence and acknowledge it in gratitude…that which we have chosen is given us, and that which we have refused is also, and at the same time, granted us…that which we have rejected is poured upon us abundantly.” – Isak Dinesen

‘In the midst of absence, a presence is made known.’

‘When facing the unknown, hope is as reasonable as despair.’

‘I will be gentle with myself, accepting these storms of the psyche as part of my passage on the road to recovery.’

‘I cannot know where you are going, but I hold the lamp of my love aloft to accompany you on your way.’

“So often, we believe that we have come to a place that is void of hope and void of possibilities, only to find that it is the very hopelessness that allows us to hit bottom, give up our illusion of control, turn it over, and ask for help. Out of the ashes of our hopelessness come the fire of our hope.” – Anne Wilson Schaef

‘At the bottom of the well, one can look up and see the sky.’

‘I will take my cues from within, and not be afraid.’

“The world is not divided into the strong who care and the weak who are cared for. We must each in turn care and be cared for, not just because it is good for us, but because it is the way things are.” – Sheila Cassidy

‘I am a human being and I don’t need to put a up a facade of strength.’

“I will miss seeing her face and hearing her voice and knowing she was always there close to me. She has crossed a river from me that I must wait to cross before I see her again.When I see a river, I will think of her. ” – Terry Kay

‘My life will continue to be blessed as the stories of my loved one develop and settle in my mind.’

“This we owe our beloved dead, whether young or old:to wipe from our memories all that was less than their best, and to carry them in our hearts at their wisest, most compassionate, most creative moments. Is that not what all of us hope from those who survive us?” – Elizabeth Watson

‘In the remembered image of a loved on there is room – and affection – for the person in his or her fullness.’