Brittany Rebecca Helton

“i sit on the rich, moist earth, green earth, and draw my knees to my chest. All is not lost. The birds have simply moved on. They give me the courage to do the same.’

– Terry Tempest Williams

‘In the turning of the seasons, I find promise and hope.’

‘Spirit, whoever you are, wherever you are, be with me now.’

‘As the months pass and the seasons change, something of tranquility descends, and although the well-remembered footstep will not sound again, nor the voice call from the room beyond, there seems to be about one in the air an atmosphere of love, a living presence…It is as though one shared, in some indefinable manner, the freedom and the peace, even at times the joy, of another world where there is no more pain…The feeling is simply there, pervading all thought, all action. When Christ the healer said, “Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted,” h e must have meant just this.”

– Daphne Du Maurier

“All i know from my own experience is that hte more loss we feel the more gratful we should be for whatever it was we had to lose. It means we had something worth grieving for. The ones I’m sorry for are the ones that go through life not even knowing what grief is.”

– Frank O’Connor

Saddened as I am by loss, my heart lifts in gratitude for the richness Brittany has brought to my life.

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

– Psalm 126

‘I trust that what is unknown to me is for my good and ultimate peace and joy.’

‘Without hurry or panic I will dwell in the house of my grief.’

‘When burdened with feeling of self-doubt and anxiety about unresolved conflict, I will try to imagine a truly forgiving world.’

“To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.”

– Mother Teresa

‘I have the power – and responsibility – to keep my life moving.’

‘Though the waters of change swirl around me, still I am safe.’