A Year for Joy

I sat here for an hour trying to come up with a clever headline that captured the emotion of this year without sounding like a broken record or a trite cliche. Joy ended up the only word that constantly came to mind.
Perhaps most people, including myself, wouldn’t consider joy the appropriate sentiment based on the [...]

Helping Children With the Loss of a Grandparent

Editor’s Note: Good morning. The loss of loved ones is such a hard thing to talk about, especially with children. This morning Wendy Johnstone is hear to help us all learn a bit more about helping our children deal with the passing of a grandparent. Here she is:
I think it’s safe to say, “Death isn’t [...]

A Time To Remember

Good Morning. May we all take a moment today and remember those who have gone before us and lost their lives in service to Canada. May this solemn day remind us all to cherish our lives and honor them. We remember.

In Flanders Fields
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Canadian Army
In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between [...]

Grand-Parents – Aging With Dignity

Editor’s Note: This morning we have Wendy Johnstone on site discussing aging with dignity and all those myths that tag along with aging. On Sunday, Our Big Earth is lending a hand with the Walk of Dignity at the Filberg Park and Heritage Lodge in Comox to help connect children to grandparents and grandfriends, also [...]

I’m Supposed to Be Having A Baby

It’s all I have left of him – a pair of footprints locked away, never to be seen again, and a single heart filled with petals that hangs in the kitchen window.
I had convinced myself, for a long time, that this week would come, I would acknowledge it and we would continue on.
Life, it doesn’t [...]

Learning to Live With Loss – Together

 
Down a Friday post, Ken and I hashed through a whole whack of topics that seemed a perfect fit to jump into while we all piled into our bed for movie night with the kiddo yesterday.
Taking a look at your water usage and how critical it is to start reigning ourselves in terms of consumption [...]

Deepa Guides Us Through Loss

This is for Robin and her family and all of those who are grieving a child who died inside the womb.
It was Autumn last year, although the sun warmed us like it was mid-day July. The kids were jubilant after seeing, feeling, choosing, and weighing pumpkins at the Shamrock Farm. It was another [...]