Celebrations

Story of Doris and Lance

December 4, 2013 · Leave a comment

They met at a party in Vancouver’s Shaunessy neighbourhood in the 1930’s. What followed was romance, the war, marriage, breakup, and a life-long friendship. Doris shared these three years before her passing. It’s a remarkable story of boarding with Marilyn

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A daughter becomes her own woman …. in front of her mother’s eyes

January 23, 2013 · Leave a comment

Wonderful moment seeing her daughter married. A whole new family came into being, like a flower blossoming.

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Son’s last moments with his mother

December 1, 2012 · Leave a comment

The last evening moments spent with his mother, the day before she passed on peacefully at the dinner table. To view other clips in the playlist

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Becoming SheilaRose

November 26, 2012 · Leave a comment

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Remembrance Day at Elkington Forest

November 16, 2012 · Leave a comment

A military man’s choice for remembering; each person reacts differently, has a different relationship to this special place

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Last moments with his mother

September 20, 2012 · Leave a comment

A son recalls the last moments he spent with his mother, the evening before she peacefully passed on.

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“No ceremony”

September 20, 2012 · Leave a comment

An eldest son’s balancing the request for ‘no ceremony’ with deciding on what the ‘right thing for the moment is”

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Birthday with Big Momma Thornton

July 25, 2012 · Leave a comment

What a way to celebrate a birthday! She found the show in the paper and went with her grandson, and when women from the audience were invited to stand up and sing, she was up and singing with some support

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A mom that inspires: thoughts before a funeral

June 26, 2012 · Leave a comment

Before attending her funeral, a young mom reflects on what she’s learned from a friend’s mother.

Celebrations, Conversations, Stories we tell our children

A 90th birthday poem

June 16, 2012 · Leave a comment

A late-in-life-love story. A wonderful story and poem of friendship and love that started 80 years earlier. ( ‘ We’re still young at heart, though it takes longer for our motors to start.’)