Children love to hand out food to others: snacks to guests, pizza slices to classmates, treats to puppies, and seeds to birds. The delight on children’s faces when they pass food around expresses the awareness that we are all programmed to share our basic human needs,...
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Our Journey Through Grief During the Holidays
Because Christmas is near, ‘triggers’ may currently be playing an important role in our grief journey. Empty spaces that were once filled with the bright presence of our Loved One may now be filled with sadness.These triggers can be associated with many of our senses,...
A Love Letter to our Child is a Timeless and Priceless Gift
Our Love Letters tell all; whether they accompany a birthday gift, a graduation gift, or whether they are given quite randomly, for love's sake. Our letters are a wonderful platform where we express our deepest emotions, and the good news is— the words we write will...
HOW WE TELL, OR WRITE, A WAR STORY
As Remembrance Day approaches, our honour, gratitude and respect for those who fought for all of us erupts in a huge surge of love. By capturing our ancestor’s war experiences – or someone who is still alive today – we help to breathe life into history texts, and we...
WORKING THROUGH THE GRIEF OF LOSING A PET
Pet loss is normally a devastating loss. We feel lonely, and sad, as we gaze around at all the empty spaces that are no longer filled with our pet’s large presence. Children who are suffering because of pet loss may feel that the animal will return someday, or that...
FUNDRAISING: WE TAKE SMALL STEPS FOR GIANT CAUSES
Fundraising! The word alone can stress one out because of all the emotions relating to it –‘soliciting’ ‘commitment’ ‘organization’ ‘rejection.’ But we do believe in fundraising. We want to give; we really do. We all have a cause, or various causes, that we care...