I suppose it's one of those things we have to come to accept, that someone else would freely give of themselves for our own good.
[ her voice is soft, suggesting that she hasn't quite gotten to the acceptance stage. she's still working on it, working on understanding and dealing with ashley's death. her daughter had given her life so helen could live and every day she wonders if it could have been different. it should have been she who died that day. instead, it was her daughter, her only child. ]