by Sarah Wheelan | Aug 29, 2019 | Grief and healing
As a sister grieving the death of my younger brother to injuries he sustained on the job, I’ve spent a significant amount of time reflecting on sibling relationships – in all of their complexities – while I continue to learn how to live through and carry my own loss....
by Karen Lapierre Pitts | Jul 18, 2019 | Family support, Grief and healing
So, I’m sure we can all agree that grief doesn’t magically disappear. We are often reminded of the pain of loss. Even years after my brother’s sudden death, I still feel the ripples of what was a stinging loss. As time has gone on though those constant sharp...
by Kirsten deFilippis | Jun 13, 2019 | Grief and healing
When I was four years old, my father died while at his workplace. He was a field engineer on a construction site. One Friday afternoon while marking lines, he was asked to help brace a wall in the elevator shaft. He and his apprentice Mark went to assist their...
by Marleen Pitruzzella | Jun 13, 2019 | Grief and healing
My story begins on July 13, 2009 with my mom picking me up from summer camp that afternoon. Just like any other day we were picked up, my brother and I would ask the same questions repeatedly, “what is for dinner? And when will daddy be home?” Unfortunately for us,...
by Cathy McNeil | Jun 13, 2019 | Grief and healing
It’s so very dark out. I can hear sirens; there are so many people in my house. What is going on? A priest enters the back door with a couple of men; my mother falls to the floor. She is inconsolable. Who are these men? Who are all of these people? Family...
by Lynda Kolly | May 30, 2019 | Grief and healing
Family, memories, and a bright light that shines on Our family cottage is located in a remote area of Ontario and has been in our family for the past 77 years. When my grandfather originally built the cottage it was during wartime and it was built out of whatever...
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