by adminThreadsofLife | Sep 5, 2024 | Grief, Growth, and Self-Care
People often connect grief with death. But in fact the word has a much broader meaning, particularly for Threads of Life and its members. This excerpt from the Volunteer Family Guide Resource and Training Manual delves deeper into the meaning of grief and the wide...
by adminThreadsofLife | Jul 10, 2024 | Volunteers
There are many different paths to healing. For Threads of Life volunteer Katie Giesbrecht, sharing her personal experience has proved to be one of those paths. Katie is a Threads of Life volunteer speaker and a newly-trained Volunteer Family Guide. She has also helped...
by adminThreadsofLife | May 30, 2024 | How We Help
by Dylan Angus My dad was an amazing person. He grew up relatively poor and had to work for every single thing he ever had. He was a devoted father to me, my sister, and my stepbrother. He was an amazing son to my grandmother, Danna. He was a loyal friend, the most...
by adminThreadsofLife | May 1, 2024 | Our Family Stories, Volunteers
When Travis Roszell was first injured at work, there’s no question his injuries were visible – devastatingly visible to him and all his family and friends. Travis had been working on construction of a water park and was conducting a hydrostatic pressure test when a...
by adminThreadsofLife | Apr 24, 2024 | Day of Mourning, How We Help
The National Day of Mourning is an important day for Threads of Life family members – a time for private remembrance, but also a time when many choose to share their personal stories in order to honour their loved ones and their own experience, and to help others...