by Jocelyn H | Mar 4, 2021 | Family support, Grief and healing
A couple of years ago, I started to watch Heartland with my grandma. Heartland is a Canadian show filmed in Alberta. I like horses and had taken riding lessons for a few years, so it fit. One of the main characters, Ty, became my favourite. I seemed to be able to...
by Wynny Sillito | Jan 7, 2021 | Family support, Grief and healing
Jan 7 2011: I woke up early, bundled up in my warm layers and headed off to work as an emergency responder, not knowing that it was the last day I would be the “old me”. I had worked all day in an Alberta winter, feeling the cold wind on my face and cursing...
by Cheryl Shock | Dec 17, 2020 | Family support, Grief and healing
Sean was a truck driver: it was his passion. If there was a vehicle with a motor, he would want to drive it. As soon as Sean was finished school, he got his class 1 licence and never looked back. He hauled gravel, rock, asphalt, water, and liquid sulphur just to name...
by Karen Lapierre Pitts | Nov 26, 2020 | Family support, Grief and healing
Our first major online event The National Virtual Family Forum was a huge learning curve for all of us! Threads of Life staff learned how to coordinate a big online event, with sessions spread over weeks. Facilitators learned how to engage participants virtually....
by Zaria Cornwall | Nov 12, 2020 | Family support, Grief and healing
“Gratitude is like a supplement; it is a balm for the heart and soul.” Johanna LeRoux presented this idea as a facilitator for the “Giving Gratitude & Finding Hope in Loss” Zoom session during the National Virtual Family Forum. Johanna, a fellow family member and...
by Susan Haldane | Nov 4, 2020 | Family support, Grief and healing
Loss is never a simple matter. Each person’s experience of grief and loss is different, and understanding our own responses makes us better able to cope and maintain mental wellness. Loss applies not only to death, facilitator Karen Simmonds explained during her...
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