Singer Toni Braxton is grappling to come to terms with the reality of the passing of her sister, Traci Braxton, but is doing her best to keep a positive perspective amid the pain and devastation.

“We have come to a time where we must inform the public that after a year of privately undergoing a series of treatment for Esophageal cancer our beloved Traci Braxton has gone on to glory,” her husband Kevin Surratt said in a statement.