'Hold on to hope, faint though it may be': Robin Williams's daughter Zelda posts moving message year after father's suicide

By Bobbie Whiteman For Dailymail.com

Published: 19:05 EST, 5 September 2015 | Updated: 04:32 EST, 6 September 2015

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It's just over a year since Robin Williams committed suicide aged 63 at his home in Tiburon, Marin County, California.

And it seems his daughter Zelda is beginning to come to terms with his death.

On Saturday the 26-year-old posted a beautiful picture on Instagram, that she called 'Moonrise on the lake.'

Moving message: On Saturday Robin Williams's daughter Zelda posted this Instagram snap of the moonrise over a lake with a caption urging folks suffering depression from a loss to 'hold on for the possibility of hope'

And she added a long and moving message to others suffering loss and the depression that follows and revealing how she is dealing with the actor father's passing.

Zelda wrote in the heartfelt caption: 'I spent this night shivering and laughing under a clear, cold sky full of stars with people I love just to witness something beautiful.

'We mooned the moon and laughed ourselves hoarse, and I'm so incredibly grateful for every silly second.

'I came to a realization this year that I feel compelled to share here, for whomsoever may need it: Avoiding fear, sadness, or anger is not the same thing as being happy. I live my sadness every day, but I don't resent it anymore,' she explained.

Fun moment: The 26-year-old and her dad, pictured at the Los Angeles premiere of Happy Feet in November 2006. Robin was just 63 when he committed suicide on August 11, last year

'Instead, I do it now so that the wonderful moments of joy I do find are not in order to forget, but to inhabit and enjoy for their own sake.

'It's not easy. In fact, I'd say it takes much more effort to consciously do than it does to just stay sad, but with my heart, I cannot tell you how worth it it is.'

The Mork And Mindy star battled depression throughout his life and it's thought to have got worse following his diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease. He died on August 11, 2014.

And Zelda had a message for others in her late father's position, saying: 'For those suffering from depression, I know how dark and endless that tunnel can feel, but if happiness seems impossible to find, please hold on to the possibility of hope, faint though it may be,

Father and daughter time: In October 2006, Zelda was Robin's plus one at the Hollywood Film Festival awards

'Because I promise you, there's enough nights under the same yellow moon for all of us to share, no matter how or when you find your way there.'

Robin had three children with two of his three wives. He shared son Zak, 32, with first wife, Valerie Velardi. She divorced him in 1988 after he had an affair with the tot's nanny, Marsha Garces, who was pregnant with Zelda.

She was born in 1989 and brother Cody, now 25, followed in 1991. Marsha divorced Robin in 2010 and he went on to marry graphic designer Susan Schneider on October 22, 2011, in St. Helena, California.

Since their father's death, Zelda and her brothers have helped continue Robin's charity work with the Challenged Athletes Foundation and St. Jude while Zelda also got a tattoo of a hummingbird in honour of her dad, according to eonline.com

Keeping his memory alive: In October 2014, Zelda and Cody watched brother Zak throw the first pitch before the San Francisco Giants, their dad's baseball favourite team, took on the Kansas City Royals. The siblings are helping continue Robin's charity work with the Challenged Athletes Foundation and St. Jude