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Dour In Memoriam Benches

Sep

1

2014

A couple of weeks ago the Vancouver Sun reported that Coquitlam was considering a review of their park bench program that allows residents to donate a bench in memory of a loved one. The title of the story was “Some Metro Vancouver cities doing away with dour ‘In Memoriam’ park benches“. You may recall that ...

Perspective of a Nurse

Aug

3

2014

I came across this article “When There’s Nothing to Celebrate” on social media and it caught my interest. It is written by a labour nurse and describes her experience of a stillbirth with one of her patients. I think it is important to read how nurses and health care professionals are affected by a loss ...

Gratitude

May

22

2014

Did you know that May 4-10 was National Hospice Palliative Care Week and May 12-18 was International Nursing Week? These events made me realize that I often write about topics that cover what is not working and that I might too rarely speak about any positive experiences. One of the reasons probably is that two ...

Return to Zero

May

10

2014

You might recall my first post about the movie Return to Zero from May 2013. It is hard to believe that it has been a year since I wrote about the movie and now we have exactly seven days left before it will be broadcast on Lifetime Canada. My thoughts about the movie that I ...

October 15 Website

Apr

18

2014

Coincidence last year led us to put forward a lighting request to BC Place Stadium in support of October 15 – Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day. The Vancouver Sun ran a story about it which was great to bring awareness to the topic of miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal death. We had a get together ...

Home and Alive

Apr

11

2014

It has been quiet on our blog for some time. And there is a very good reason for it. My wife and I were pregnant again with our third child. It has been an intense time with so many different emotions mixed together that it is hard to describe. The most common feeling, especially after ...

Birthday 1

Mar

13

2014

It is Marlon’s third birthday today. A day that should have been filled with excitement from a little boy who was looking forward to opening some presents and having a party with his friends. A day that would allow reflection back on everything that happened during the past year for us as parents: meeting new ...

Grey man stealing time

Feb

22

2014

This post is about the importance of time. We are always on, we are more connected than ever, but maybe we are further apart than ever before at the same time. Time has always been limited for an individual, no way to buy more, impossible to get it back. But over the years my perception ...

Dinner for One

Dec

31

2013

A few days ago I shared a tradition with some of my colleagues at work. On New Year’s Eve German television broadcasts a show called “Dinner for One”. It was first aired in 1963 and has been shown every year I can remember. Everybody at home basically knows it whereas unsurprisingly no one in Canada ...

Make a Wish

Dec

27

2013

Today I spent some time on the website of the Make a Wish foundation. They have recently received some major press coverage with some of their wishes, in particular BatKid. We know a couple of families who benefited from their services as well and I wanted to learn more about them. A few hours later ...