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...
by Virginia Campeau | Oct 3, 2019 | Our Family Stories
“Life has not been easy trying to navigate this world alone.” When I got married it was truly the best day that I could have possibly imagined. As I walked down the aisle and saw my future husband standing at the altar waiting for me, I knew we were going to be an...
by Kirsten deFilippis | Jun 13, 2019 | Grief, Growth, and Self-Care, Our Family Stories
When I was four years old, my father died while at his workplace. He was a field engineer on a construction site. One Friday afternoon while marking lines, he was asked to help brace a wall in the elevator shaft. He and his apprentice Mark went to assist their...
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