by Liz Webley | Feb 23, 2016 | Grief, Growth, and Self-Care, Volunteers
“Why would anyone try to find their long lost relatives?” as my son Rick loves to point out. My story begins as a six-year-old immigrant child who came to Canada in 1948 (I am giving away my age!) with my parents and younger brother. My sixth birthday was celebrated...
by adminThreadsofLife | Feb 16, 2016 | How We Help
As family members, we all have a calendar of very personal dates that impact us, sometimes with dread, anxious anticipation or tainted with melancholy. They trigger us, these dates of injury or death, birthdays and anniversaries, the first of something or the very...
by Sarah Wheelan | Feb 10, 2016 | How We Help, Volunteers
It’s a great honour to hear someone share their story of loss — to be invited to bear witness to such love and deep pain, and to be trusted with its weight.Each year our Threads of Life speaker volunteers present their stories dozens of times in venues and...
by Susan Haldane | Feb 3, 2016 | Steps for Life
There are so many demands on your time: kids, parents, work, hobbies, community, fitness, chores, travel – the list is almost infinite. After the absolutely necessary items are checked off, How do you choose what to do with the hours that are left? It’s a bit like...