by Susan Haldane | Apr 14, 2022 | How We Help, Our Family Stories, Steps for Life
Jim and Pam have a big family – six children. As Pam explains, they chose that together, imagining the games, the meals, the graduations, the weddings, the grandkids. Jim was the type of dad who would send loving text messages to his daughters. But one day in 2014,...
by adminThreadsofLife | Mar 10, 2022 | Our Family Stories, Steps for Life, Volunteers
In Stellarton, Nova Scotia, on January 14, 1952, John Mailman died in a coal mine gas explosion. His son was only 18 months old. The community rallied around his widow, providing support in any way they could, but Elaine Mailman wishes that an organization like...
by adminThreadsofLife | Feb 23, 2022 | Our Family Stories
by Elizabeth Stewart with Kate Kennington It is a huge understatement to say that the grief journey is difficult and hard to travel. What we hope for those affected by workplace tragedy is that they find a support network of family and friends, find ways to honour...
by Judy Micieli | Feb 22, 2022 | Our Family Stories
Nicky was our cherished son, our only child. He was a very special blessing. You see, it took some time before I was able to have a child; then, later in my pregnancy I developed toxemia and needed to be hospitalized. The concern was that Nicky might be born...
by Sharon Freeman | Feb 10, 2022 | Our Family Stories
This is a story of a wedding day with a piece missing – the father of the groom. It’s the story of a son who never knew his father. My friend Rosemary was six months pregnant when her husband Doug was killed in a workplace fatality. Their son Christopher was born...
by adminThreadsofLife | Jan 25, 2022 | Our Family Stories
by Roger HudsonI first heard of Jamie’s death on the radio on my way home from work. They said that a young man from Lower Sackville had died on a jobsite in Cape Breton. I thought: wonder who that was and if I knew them … never thinking that it could have been...