Hold on to what is good even if it is a handful of earth.
Hold on to what you believe even if it is a tree which stands by itself.
Hold on to what you must do even if it is a long way from here.
Hold on to life even when it is easier letting go.
Hold on to my hand even when I have gone away from you.
- Pueblo Blessing

There is a sacredness in tears.
They are not the mark of weakness,
but of power.
They speak more eloquently
than 10,000 tongues.
They are the messengers
of overwhelming grief,
of deep contrition,
and of unspeakable love.
- Washington Irving

They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.
- William Penn

The season of mourning,
like spring, summer,
fall and winter,
will also pass.
- Molly Fumia

Those who are worn out and crushed by this mourning, let your hearts consider this:
this is the path that has existed from the time of creation and will exist forever.
Many have drunk from it and many will yet drink.
As was the first meal, so shall be the last.
May the master of comfort comfort you.
Blessed are those who comforts the mourners.
- Jewish Blessing of the Mourners

What we have once enjoyed
we can never lose;
All that we love deeply,
becomes a part of us.
- Helen Keller

Butterfly
As you danced in the light with joy,
love lifted you. As you brushed against
this world so gently, you lifted us.
- T.C. Ring