by Susan Haldane | Sep 26, 2017 | Volunteers
Every summer, the gold mine where Tami Helgeson spent her career, hires students and new graduates. Every summer Tami would tell them the story of her son Eric, who died in 1999 at his construction job after a crane tipped over, collapsing the building where Eric was...
by Mary Lou Gormley | Sep 19, 2017 | How We Help
It’s hard to believe that this weekend will be the Central Family Forum. This forum will be the ninth anniversary of the first one I attended, the year after my husband Robert died. I only stayed one night that year with our then nine-year-old son Andrew. We were both...
by Susan Haldane | Sep 14, 2017 | Steps for Life
“You don’t pay love back; you pay it forward.” – Lily Hardy Hammond, In the Garden of Delight, 1916 Isn’t it true, sometimes, that the people who’ve faced the most hardship and tragedy in their lives show the most kindness and generosity?...
by Sarah Wheelan | Sep 6, 2017 | Grief, Growth, and Self-Care
Social media is now deeply woven into our society’s fabric, and has become one of the primary ways we talk to each other and create our own identities. It’s no wonder that our grief and public mourning have become interwoven here, too. I coordinate Threads of...