by Shannon Kempton | Jun 14, 2016 | How We Help
Friends and coworkers often ask me why I go to the Family Forum. Why I want to go spend a weekend with people who are sad and grieving. Why do I want to spend my weekend with people who are feeling sorry for themselves because they were injured at work or are living...
by Shirley Hickman | Jun 8, 2016 | Grief, Growth, and Self-Care, How We Help
He came home from work and I asked the usual question: “How was your day?” He seemed excited as he responded “A good day”. “That’s good,” was my reply, then “are you ready for dinner?” During dinner, we sat mostly in silence – the occasional look at each other....
by Kelley Thompson | May 10, 2016 | How We Help
Family Forums are one of the important programs Threads of Life offers to support people affected by workplace fatalities, life-altering injuries and occupational disease. The Atlantic Family Forum takes place in June, with the Central, Prairie and Western Forums in...
by adminThreadsofLife | Feb 16, 2016 | How We Help
As family members, we all have a calendar of very personal dates that impact us, sometimes with dread, anxious anticipation or tainted with melancholy. They trigger us, these dates of injury or death, birthdays and anniversaries, the first of something or the very...
by Sarah Wheelan | Feb 10, 2016 | How We Help, Volunteers
It’s a great honour to hear someone share their story of loss — to be invited to bear witness to such love and deep pain, and to be trusted with its weight.Each year our Threads of Life speaker volunteers present their stories dozens of times in venues and...
by Susan Haldane | Jan 5, 2016 | How We Help
5 steps for keeping your goals Many resolutions are resolved, promises promised and goals set during the bright early hours of New Year’s morning. And the vast majority of those resolutions won’t last the week. But if you’re serious about changing a habit or...
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