Brittany Rebecca Helton

‘I need make no excuses to anyone – not even to myself – in taking time to let the depleted wells of my energy fill up again.’

‘I have a strength within myself that sometimes surprises me.’

‘As often as I need to, I will tell my story.’

‘I will watch for my own moments in the garden.’

‘I will deal honestly with my pain; we know each other well.’

‘If part of my legacy from sorrow is new strength, I will embrace it. I will not turn away.’

‘I will try to be present to this day.’

‘The moods of grief, like the moods of the day or of the year, are to be honored, and will pass.’

‘God is present in my joy, and my sorrow.’

“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; thou anoinstest my head with oil, my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.”

– Psalm 23:4-6

‘I am grateful for words that heal.’