SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas - It's been four days since the tragic shooting inside First Baptist Church ripped apart families and the community of Sutherland Springs.

Loved ones are left with the daunting task of going back to empty houses, unmade beds, dishes in the sink, and memories of loved ones of the walls.

"She is the most beautiful person. Not just physically but her heart was so full of love and goodness," said Cody Fuller.

Fuller is facing the same harsh reality as everyone else in Sutherland Springs - knowing her loved one is gone.

Thirty-year-old Joann Ward, a wife and a mother of four, was her best friend.

"That was her anniversary," said Fuller.

She said Ward died shielding her children from gunfire. Her daughter Rihanna made it out, her 5-year-old son Ryland was shot multiple times and is still in the hospital.

Her daughters Emily and Brooke didn't make it.

"She was our little Brooke-Star. I used to call her 'hey my little Brooke-Star!' and Emily she had such a servants' heart. Joann used to call her angel baby," Fuller said.

Now Fuller is trying her best to help the family and Joann's husband Chris, who is by his son's side as he undergoes surgery.

She said the least she can do is help clean up the house, watch the family pets and valuables because she's not sure if Chris can ever come home again.

"He's a man who is broken. Who wouldn't be? Think of how your husband would be if he lost his wife and two of his children in the same day, and then worry about his other child. What's his life going to be like after the surgeries and once everything settles down?" Fuller said.

Fuller said they all have questions that need answers, but what they don't need are theories and attacks.

"People are trying to politicize this and if Joann knew they were trying to take her guns away, there's no way," Fuller said.

From here she'll try to move forward and hold close the memory of her dearest friend.

"She is in heaven and that's the only thing that can comfort us right now. There is no one in this community who is not affected. No one," said Fuller.