Brittany Rebecca Helton

‘Everything changes; nothing is lost.’

“The relationships of our life are a system, an interlocking network, and when one element is affected, so are they all. The death of a [loved one] will unbalance the whole lot…It is a good time to pay attention, to make these relationships as good as possible. If we are buoyed and fed by satisfying relationships now, there is less otherdirected energy floating around, trying to attach in unrealistic ways to the one who is gone.”

– Martha Whitmore Hickman

‘In going through this rough time, I will face honestly what other strains it may expose in the fabric f my life, and consider getting help if I need it.’

‘This moment is unique in all of my life an I will appreciate it for itself.’

“I tell you hopeless grief is passionless.”

– Elizabeth Barrett Browning

‘In the purifying and terrible wisdom, may I feel the regenerating presence of God, for consolation, and for hope.’

“By discovering my own inwardness I am in communion with all other human beings, with nature and beauty and the goodness of all that is.”

– Maria Boulding

‘I am a part of all that is, The great mystery of creation holds me at its heart – as it hold my lost love. In this we are together.’

“Those who grieve find comfort in weeping and in arousing their sorrow until the body is too tired to bear the inner emotions.”

– Maimonides

‘Feel guilty about ranting against God? Not to worry – God can take it.’

‘It is a hope I cherish – to rejoin my loved ones.’

“Nothing can fill the gap when we are away from those we love, and it would be wrong to try and find anything. We must simply hold out and win through. That sounds hard at first, but at the same time it is a great consolation, since leaving the gap unfilled preserves the bond between us. It is nonsense to say that God fills the gap; he does not fill it, but keeps it empty so that our communion with another may be kept alive, even at the cost of the pain.”

– Dietrich Bonhoeffer

‘Dear Brittany, there is a space in my heart that is always yours.’

‘I have what I need to see my way through this – if you, my friends, are with me.’