by Kate Kennington | Jul 25, 2017 | Grief and healing
When lost in the depths of grief it can seem impossible to go on, to get through another day let alone the next hour. Even the next five minutes. Somehow we have to push through, to keep going, to manage. We have to cope. Somehow. There are many things we can do to...
by Susan Haldane | Jul 18, 2017 | Family support
Have you ever wondered what goes into a fundraising campaign? We were thrilled when the LCBO accepted Threads of Life’s application for their coin box program this year. From July 16 to August 12, a coin box wearing our name will be on each checkout counter in...
by Eleanor Westwood | Jul 11, 2017 | Steps for Life
6250: that’s the number of steps on average an adult would take in a five-km walk. My granddaughter who is two, takes about three steps to every one of my strides – she is a very busy little girl and ‘walking’ involves lots of running and side-steps....
by Susan Haldane | Jul 4, 2017 | Grief and healing
He came to us when he was six months old. He needed a farm home because as a mostly border collie, he was steadily shredding the downtown city home where he lived. Now he’s 14, and it’s hard to remember a time pre-Riley. In the past few months we’ve been forced to...