by Donna Van Bruggen | Nov 10, 2022 | Grief, Growth, and Self-Care, Our Family Stories
October 17, 2012 and October 17, 2022, have a unique commonality. October 17, 2012 is the date my son David was killed at work. October 17, 2022 marks the 10th anniversary of David’s death. While October 17 is always a difficult day for me; October 17, 2022, was...
by adminThreadsofLife | Oct 27, 2022 | Our Family Stories
by Candace PalumboNovember 12th, 1983 was our small winter wedding reception in Toronto where my husband Tony and I first met. Following courses of Italian food and moving speeches we jived and danced for everything that night, to songs Tony mixed together from over...
by adminThreadsofLife | Sep 27, 2022 | Our Family Stories
Young paramedic finds help to deal with PTSD By Michael Johnson If you had asked me what I wanted to do after graduation it was a quick answer. I wanted to be a paramedic. Little did I know this decision would change my life in ways I could never imagine, for better...
by Cathy McNeil | Aug 25, 2022 | Our Family Stories
The lifelong impacts of an explosion undergroundOn February 24, 1979, 16 miners entered No. 26 Colliery in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, to begin their shift. They were working the night shift from 11 pm to 7 am. They descended five and a half miles into the No. 12 South...
by adminThreadsofLife | Aug 2, 2022 | Our Family Stories
A hard worker who loved to laugh by Pam Durling Ryan was the youngest of three and loved his siblings dearly. He was closest in age to his brother, Mitchell and they were inseparable when they were young. The two could always be found out searching for mud holes with...
by Susan Haldane | Apr 27, 2022 | Day of Mourning, How We Help, Our Family Stories
Following a workplace tragedy, many families would say that every day is a day of mourning. It’s especially true in the early days following a fatality, but the aftermath of a serious injury or an occupational illness, too, are filled with grief at the loss of life,...