Category: death
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From Grief to Action: Fight Against Addiction
I dropped a tear in the ocean. The day it is found is the day I will stop missing you. – Unknown It shattered my world when you died. The world as I knew it changed forever in an instant. Tears cascaded down my face as I try to process that your beautiful spirit is…
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Life’s Value: Lessons from Loss and Love
We search to find meaning in someone’s life. We search for answers to their existence. At times, especially during moments of loss and grief, we look for meanings in their life to ease our pain. That is the human condition. We search because we think if we can attach value to their life, then their…
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Transforming Bad Luck into Good Lessons
I am blessed. Today I started another year around the sun. looking back on what I wrote about my siblings, I feel sadness and grief. I had ten brothers and five sisters. Over the years I have experienced the loss of five brothers and one sister. Many nieces and nephews. a nephew, Sean John just…
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The Impact of Family Deaths: Reflections on Loss and Legacy
The first time I heard that someone I knew passed away, it was my grandmother, Christine Adam. She died on the operating table. I had a quick and visceral reaction to the news of her passing. I was a 21 year old student with my life ahead of me and my grandmother’s life ended. It…
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Gaming Life – is the Opposite of Victimhood
I listen to a podcast this morning May 28, 2023, of former Chief Business Officer of Google X, Mo Gawdat. author of Solve For Happy; Engineer Your Path To Joy The sudden and tragic death of his son at 21 set him on a path to make a billion people happier. His view validated how…
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Awe is always around Us
What does it mean to be awestruck? Do you actively cultivate awe in your life Kelter) As an Indigenous person, a Dene. I am gifted vibrant oral stories passed down for generations and our traditional ecological knowledge, we are intrinsically part of ecosystems. The Importance of nature, trees, green space. Seeing sunrise and the sunset…
From the Shores of the Ottawa River 