Brittany Rebecca Helton

‘I will gather all my unresolved hurts and guilt in my hand and lay them at the feet of the All-wise, the All-knowing.’

The sun was warm but the wind was chill.

You know how it is with an April day

When the sun is out and the wind is still,

You’re one month on in the middle of May.

But if you so much as dare to speak,

A cloud comes over the sunlit arch,

A wind comes off a frozen peak,

And you’re two months back in the middle of March…

-Robert Frost

“Joy comes from simple and natural things, mists over meadows, sunlight on leaves, the path of the moon over water. Even rain and wind and stormy clouds bring joy, just as knowing animals and flowers and where they live.”

– Sigurd F. Olson

‘To allow myself to revel in simple joys will ease me into new hope, new courage for my life.’

“We cannot afford to forget any experience, not even the most painful.”

-Dag Hammarskjold

‘I will embrace my life, all of it. If there are changes for the better that I can make, I will try to make them. Where I cannot, I will accept that, too. But – even if I could – I will not forget my pain. I will honor it. It is part of who I am.’

‘The presence that makes me sad may one day make me glad.’

‘Let me relish the first stirrings of new life in myself – as welcome as the flowers in spring.’

‘I will enter the hallowed places of my life resolutely, and without fear.’

‘May each glimpse of the returning flowers in spring be like a conversation with my loved one.’

“At a time like this, how beautiful is every human face.” – New Commentator

‘The love inherent in the human family is available to me.’

‘Part of the adventure of my life is – I don’t know all that I may become.’

Happy Birthday Ashley!