by Karen Simmonds | Mar 28, 2019 | Family support, Grief and healing
“Grandpa, can you bring me the big ladder from the shed,” said his five-year-old granddaughter, “I want to climb to Heaven today to see my Daddy. I miss him.”~ Five-year-old client whose Dad died in a workplace tragedy Wouldn’t it be lovely if it could be true!...
by Tom Wilson | Mar 23, 2019 | Grief and healing
By their nature and definition beginnings are the start of something new. Long ago there was the beginning of my hearing loss which has progressed to the point of limiting earlier pleasures of concerts and public events. For those impacted by a workplace tragedy there...
by Arlene Vogler | Feb 21, 2019 | Family support, Grief and healing
Jonathan came into this world on April 4, 1983 full of life and never stopped living that way. Jonathan loved anything with a motor. The faster it went the better it was. He was a typical young boy who grew up wanting bigger and better things for himself. Jonathan...
by Audrey Stringer | Jan 31, 2019 | Family support, Grief and healing
Editor’s note: We’ve just finished training a group of 11 new Volunteer Family Guides over the past week; 11 open-hearted family members who know the devastating reality of a workplace injury, illness, and death, who have come together to participate in a special...
by Liz Webley | Jan 24, 2019 | Family support, Grief and healing
At the last monthly Volunteer Family Guide Teleconference, each participant spoke about an aspect of their current experiences. We talk about our children, grandchildren, gardens, holidays. We were asked how the new season of autumn affects us, and I excitedly spoke...
by Nicole Lazaruk | Oct 2, 2018 | Family support, Grief and healing, Volunteers
Sibling relationships are complex. With me and my brothers, we were friends, teammates, competitors and sometimes enemies. My childhood memories are those of camping trips, watching their hockey games, playing in our tree fort and ski trips. My adult memories...
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