Dear Editor,
Merry Christmas to all my friends and close acquaintances for all the things you have helped me with since the death of my husband Kevin.
Love to all.
Muriel Scallon
Ashcroft, B.C.
Dear Editor,
Thank you to everyone in Ashcroft, Cache Creek, Clinton, and Spences Bridge who took the time to remember someone special during our Hospice Christmas Memory Tree Events.
Connecting with a loss, memory, and conversation about our feelings is not always easy. Our hope is that you felt something personally special, as you remembered your loved one(s).
What you may not realize is that when you chose to do that you impacted many other people, who you probably don’t know of, but are better for, your gift of remembering.
As I worked at the Hospice table I had opportunity to hear so many inspiring, amazing, and loving shared stories. When I went inside the Post Office to look at the tree, I was so moved by the many remembrances. As I looked at the names — I didn’t have to know the person — I just felt the love that was still in your hearts.
We gain our strength from within, plus family, friends, and sometimes just the understanding of strangers within our communities. Thank you all for sharing!
Be not afraid to contact us, if or when you feel like maybe you need a little boost of support. Or not: that’s okay too. Grieving is a mix of complex private and shared emotions, thoughts, and …
Thank you again — EVERYONE — for your support. Your generosity raised over $1,800 from our area communities. We will use these funds wisely, to gain new and important resources for you, provide new programs that can help you, and hopefully, in spring 2024, open an easy-access, open to all, staffed part-time office where everyone can feel comfortable to visit, talk, heal, and navigate the journeys of a life-altering illness, death, and life after.
With care and immense gratitude to you all!
Deborah Tedford
Ashcroft and District
Hospice Society