Brittany Rebecca Helton

‘I am not trying to overlook these feelings of long-term grief- just to keep my life from being inundated by them.’

“A person that never climbs will never fall.” – William Shakespeare

‘The risks of loving are worth taking, even the risk of loss.’

‘I will stay with the anxieties and cares of today, trusting to the unknown future its unknown cares.’

“I think I am beginning to understand why grief feels so much like suspense. It comes from the frustration of so many impulses that have become habitual….I keep on through habit fitting an arrow to the string; then I remember and have to lay the bow down.” – C.S. Lewis

‘I will be free to turn away from my grief when I can. Life is not an endurance test.’

‘Sometimes I feel frozen in place, as though I will never move or grow again. But all the time, One who is higher than I is leading me through this dark land.’

‘In communion with the beauty of nature, I find an affirmation of all that is, including me.’

“Love….bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.” – 1 Corinthanians 13:7-8

‘Love never ends. Never.’

‘I will live through these days the best I can, trusting that in time my spontaneity and energy will return.’

‘There is a fine balance between attending to my own needs and being mindful of the needs of the living, who may depend on me for comfort and reassurance.’