Tag: family

• Remembering Annie Mercredi: A Sister’s Legacy

  ANNIE 1946- Christmas 2024 Remembering Annie: A Christmas Day Goodbye and the Power of Forgiveness1946–2024 Annie was the sister who always wrapped me in the warmest, tightest hug when we greeted each other. “I love you, my baby sister,” she’d whisper as she held me close, her embrace full of comfort and reassurance. When I…

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  December 26, 2024

  Christmas, death, death, elder, family, Grief, Healing, Life, Stories

  death-loss, family

• Christmas in Doghead Alberta

  My childhood Christmas memories in Doghead are magical and precious memories. Like sitting in front of a roaring fireplace on a cold winter night. I felt cozy and safe. On Christmas eve. All of us walking to church for midnight mass was always exciting. The the moonlight bright, made the snow sparkle like tiny diamonds.…

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  December 8, 2024

  Christmas, Doghead

  blog, Christmas, family, fort-chipewyan, holidays

• 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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  November 17, 2024

  death, family, Grief, Life, Memorials, Uncategorized

  death, family, Life, love, news

• December 18 –  A  Dog Head Christmas

  This year  I am embrace  the spirit of giving and receiving gifts by being more mindful and thoughtful. I am  approaching the season in the spirit of giving rather than as an obligation or expecting gifts in return. Roger a couple of weeks before he journeyed to our Dene bush home in the Spirit world. He…

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  December 18, 2023

  Doghead

  blog, Christmas, dora, family, mission, Roger

• Thoughts and Prayers …  And Indigenous Land Acknowledgments.  Meaningless Words? 

  While I accept the gesture of someone saying my thoughts and prayers are with you when I experienced a loss in my family, these words don’t really comfort me.  And yes, I understand they are meant to comfort.  Meanwhile, I began noticing people acknowledging they are on Indigenous territory, on TV news stations, and at…

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  April 30, 2023

  Empathetic Witness Podcast, family, Healing, Indigenous spirituality, land Back, Life, Mother Nature, Natural laws, Residential School, Stories, Trip to Luezan Tue

  family

• NAVIGATING DYNAMIC RELATIONSHIPS

  I was raised with ten brothers and five sisters. It is fertile ground to fuel misunderstandings, particularly as we got older.    Navigating relationships and avoiding pitfalls is difficult enough but in families, it can be challenging. I am blessed to have a large family. Being one of the youngest, and female, I had discovered…

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  April 10, 2022

  Uncategorized

  family, relationships