How to cope with grief
Good grief support is essential for our health and healing. When we give ourselves time and space for grief, it can begin to move and...
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Nov 16, 2022
Grief and Loss at school
When children experience loss such as losing a pet, a family member, a divorce or a friend moving away, they bring their grief along with...
Sep 28, 2022
Talking to kids about miscarriage, stillbirth and infant loss: Resources and Books
Talking about loss is not easy. If talking about pregnancy and infant loss is too difficult or triggering for you and is keeping you from...
Sep 28, 2022
Is Your Company Heart-Forward?
When my second child was born eight years ago, we received a gift basket full of exotic fruit that was bigger than she was, from the...
May 1, 2022
What do I say?! Example sympathy cards to help you find the words
One of the biggest barriers to acknowledging grief is getting over the hurdle of figuring out what to say. The pressure of saying the...
Apr 8, 2022
Supporting Kids with Grief: The Basics
National Sibling Day is April 10th, and we have been focusing on siblings who are separated due to medical treatment as we fundraise for...
Mar 20, 2022
Why is it so hard to show up for young people in grief? Our fears, and the truths we need to hear.
We were asked recently if we thought that giving a gift to a grieving child might end up causing them to remember and grieve their loss...
Feb 14, 2022
Building resilience by normalizing grief and loss
As far as difficult conversations go, talking about death with our kids is up there with the birds and the bees. We would much prefer to...
Dec 7, 2021
A Starting Point: List of Resources to Support Grieving Children and Parents in BC and Online
As supportive adults in a child's life, we want desperately to help support children experiencing grief and loss. We are often looking...
Dec 1, 2021
When a beloved pet dies: gift ideas by age, from toddlers to adults
This week I learned that my neighbour’s dog had died. Her dog was 17 years old and had seen her through many significant life events. I...
Nov 22, 2021
Memory-Keeping Activities as a Time Capsule
Memory-keeping activities such as making a scrapbook, memory box, journalling, and sketching, are so important for young people who are...
Nov 22, 2021
Why Sensory Comfort Items are our Go-To for Grief
Each of our gift boxes includes a sensory comfort item, or what we might consider to be “self-care” for kids. Just as our books provide...
Nov 22, 2021
What is a Child Life Specialist?
Did you know that most pediatric hospitals in Canada employ Child Life Specialists? Even still, many people aren’t familiar with the...
Nov 22, 2021
How Art "Works"
We all know the feeling of being “in the zone”. Whether we are running, skiing, reading, writing, or meditating, we’ve all felt that...
Jul 5, 2021
Take a Look Inside Our Books About Loss for School-age Kids: Why They Made the Top of our List
We were very intentional about including a book in each of our grief support gift boxes, and this is why: have you ever sat down with a...
May 25, 2021
Supporting adolescents in grief - 12 to 18 years
I had the privilege of supporting a small group of young teenagers who were encountering a tragic loss. Their friend was in critical...
May 25, 2021
Supporting school age children in grief - 5 to 12 years
My children lost their Grandpa last year. My wonderful father in law died rather unexpectedly, and his death left us all in a state of...
May 25, 2021
Supporting young children in grief - 2 to 5 years
About two years ago, after celebrating her 99th birthday, our beloved "Granny-Oma," my husband's grandmother, died. At the time, my...
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