Helena Christensen talks about how her son helps her deal with loss

As she struggles to come to terms with the death of her friend, actor Heath Ledger, supermodel Helen Christensen credits her 8 ½-year-old son Mingus with keeping her spirits up. As a mom, Helena, 39, says she has no choice but to move forward.

Time passes.  It’s doesn’t make it easier, but you try to do the best you can. When you have a child, they kind of bring you back to the moment in a really comforting way.

Mingus is Helena’s child with ex-boyfriend Norman Reedus.

Source: People