by adminThreadsofLife | Nov 29, 2016 | Grief, Growth, and Self-Care
When you have children you want to protect them. Protect them from harm and any pain. We can’t help but want to make everything okay. The hurt to us as adults is almost unbearable when there are things that we cannot protect them from. Things that you cannot change....
by Jan Falls | Nov 22, 2016 | Grief, Growth, and Self-Care
In her blog Heart Poems, counselling therapist Jan Falls shares poems that have touched her deeply. She writes “A gift is meant to be shared, given away to the larger world. These [poems] are gifts I have received that I want to pass on to you. Sometimes doors open...
by Joanne Wade | Nov 8, 2016 | Grief, Growth, and Self-Care
My perception of Time changed when I lost my son Brent to a workplace fatality. Life and Time itself became meaningless for the first couple of years. I began to ponder the word Time, its meaning, its importance and the affect Time has on each of us who have lost....
by Shirley Hickman | Sep 27, 2016 | Grief, Growth, and Self-Care
What do you call it? September, the month across Canada when we notice the trees and plants are changing. In your neighbourhood, perhaps they are turning colours of golden yellow, vibrant orange or crimson red? Some leaves seem to remain green until they actually turn...
by Velvette Sandford | Aug 23, 2016 | Grief, Growth, and Self-Care
I’ve spent some time pondering, trying to come up with the reason why our garden came to be. In the early weeks after our son Jimmy’s death, my mind was in a fog. Coping daily, trying to run a household and look after his younger siblings was a monumental...
by Sarah Wheelan | Aug 15, 2016 | Grief, Growth, and Self-Care
Whether casting our eyes heavenward, or marveling at the thought of a light year or the unfathomable vastness of space, I think we’re all wired to look up for answers. Most of us spend too much time staring at the path in front of us, anyway. Up is where we find...
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