Brittany Rebecca Helton

“Faith is the centerpiece of a connected life. It allows us to live by the grace of invisible strands. It is a belief in a wisdom superior to our own. Faith becomes a teacher in the absence of fact.” 

– Terry Tempest Williams

‘Unknowing, I will trust the unknown.’

“A faithful friend is the medicine of life.” – The Apocrypha

‘Friends can help keep the flow of grief moving.’

‘My life is what I am given now. I will trust that the fog will lift and the mountains will be beautiful once more.’

“Because humor brings us back to earth, it helps us to use well what is left to us even when we are keenly aware of what we have lost or been denied. Only those who know how to weep can also laugh heartily.” – Kathleen R. Fischer

‘Sometimes laughter is the best medicine.’

‘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

“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.’