by adminThreadsofLife | Nov 7, 2017 | How We Help
At Threads of Life we work hard to create awareness: awareness for families affected by workplace tragedy that we are here to help them, and awareness for all of the importance of preventing any further workplace illnesses or injuries. November is a very important...
by Sharon Freeman | Oct 3, 2017 | Grief, Growth, and Self-Care, How We Help
Oh how much we have grown….not in the sense of size but personally. I first heard the term “post-traumatic growth” a couple of weeks ago at a Global Leadership Summit. I asked Shirley Hickman if she had heard this term before. Shirley replied: “I had not heard this...
by Mary Lou Gormley | Sep 19, 2017 | How We Help
It’s hard to believe that this weekend will be the Central Family Forum. This forum will be the ninth anniversary of the first one I attended, the year after my husband Robert died. I only stayed one night that year with our then nine-year-old son Andrew. We were both...
by Susan Haldane | Jun 13, 2017 | How We Help
Remembering relationships cut short by workplace tragedy The connection between a father and daughter can be a very special one. The connection evolves and matures through the years, but even when she is a fully independent adult, somehow a daughter is still “Daddy’s...
by adminThreadsofLife | May 30, 2017 | How We Help
When is the best time for people to benefit from Threads of Life’s programs following a work-related death, serious injury or disease diagnosis? Threads of Life does not contact families directly. Instead we believe that families need to determine for themselves when...
by Glenn Johnson | May 23, 2017 | How We Help
On March 10th, 2008 we lost our son Jeffrey in a workplace accident. For the next couple of years I was existing in a very dark world. I felt lost and so full of guilt. One evening while watching the evening news something caught my attention. It was the news brief...