“My sister will die over and over again for the rest of my life. Grief is forever. It doesn't go away; it becomes a part of you, step for step, breath for breath. I will never stop grieving Bailey because I will never stop loving her. That's just how it is. Grief and love are conjoined, you don't get one without the other. All I can do is love her, and love the world, emulate her by living with daring and spirit and joy.”
― Jandy Nelson, The Sky Is Everywhere


 “How will I survive this missing? How do others do it? People die all the time. Every day. Every hour. There are families all over the world staring at beds that are no longer slept in, shoes that are no longer worn. Families that no longer have to buy a particular cereal, a kind of shampoo. There are people everywhere standing in line at the movies, buying curtains, walking dogs, while inside, their hearts are ripping to shreds. For years. For their whole lives. I don't believe time heals. I don't want it to. If I heal, doesn't that mean I've accepted the world without her?”
― Jandy Nelson, The Sky Is Everywhere 


  “That's exactly it—I am crazy sad, and somewhere deep inside, all I want is to fly.”
― Jandy Nelson, The Sky Is Everywhere

My Prayer For You Is...

That you will have peace.

That you will have good grief.

That you will be honest with yourself...letting out what is within you...and refusing to govern you ways of grieving by what you think others might be expecting you ought to do.

That you will allow your loved ones the same right to their own ways of grieving...never assuming that they should want to cry when you feel like crying...or talk when you feel like talking...or sit and stare when you want to.

That both your life and your death will be greatly enhanced by the perspectives that enter your life when a loved one exits your life.

That you will become daily more comfortable with the realization that death is part of living.

- Charlie Walton from the book "When There Are No Words"