Category: Zackaël
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The Day Zackaël was Born
I’m continuing to honour Zackaël during his birthday week. My readers have participated in my little survey and chose “The day Zackaël was born” as my next post. As such, I’m happy to share the story of his birth.
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4 Years Ago; our 3 year-old Zackaël
Today, I continue to share beautiful moments we had with Zackaël. I go back 4 years, February 26, 2017, the day of his third birthday and share a video. I also present a memorial I set up at Le Prélude school for his birthday.
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Happy Times Together
Carl writes about his best memories at museums with the kids. He also shares many photos, and how he feels when he drives by museums, now that Zackaël is no longer with us.
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Remembering our Moments Together
Today was a difficult day for us. We received the coroner’s report about Zackaël’s death. In honour of Zackaël, I share a memory about how he remembered my hometown (Hearst) on the map.
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How do you live in a landscape so vastly changed?
I started a course on grief. The course is called Writing Your Grief. Every day, we receive an email with a writing prompt encouraging us to explore an aspect of our grievance. Today is Day # 3.
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My sweet little angel
I talk about 2 empathetic people who are wholeheartedly with us, by keeping the roadside monument and photo visible. In this post, I’m also sharing a poem that I wrote last spring.
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Goodbye 2020
2020 represents the first year without our child. We have no memory with Zackaël in 2020. I share how my heart ached at Christmas and the little things I did to cope with my sorrow and honour my son.
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Gone but never forgotten
It is important to keep talking about our children who died. Friends and relatives mistakenly believe that it is best to avoid mentioning the deceased child in the presence of the bereaved parent. The worst thing to do is ignore that they existed, and ignore their grief and loss.
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Adélie on the News
Adélie à TVA Gatineau, TVA nouvelles. 1 an après l’accident sur la 323 avec l’orignal et le décès de Zackaël Flintoff
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Zackaël’s Roadside Memorial on the 323
Carl talks about the first time he went to the accident site (accident with moose) on the 323 near Namur and Notre-Dame-de-la-paix. He and his friends installed the roadside memorial in honour of Zackaël.
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Hockey and community support – Le soutien à travers le hockey
English follows… Premièrement, j’aimerais vous remercier pour vos messages suite à ma publication précédente. Justement, parlant de cette publication, j’ai mentionné que je me suis souvent sentie seule suite à l’accident, malgré que j’étais entourée de gens remarquables. Il ne faut pas confondre ce commentaire de ma part en pensant que je n’appréciais pas…
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The Year of Firsts Is Not Done
English follows… Comme vous l’avez peut-être lu sur ma page d’accueil, j’ai plusieurs objectifs avec ce blogue. Un de ces objectifs est d’aider et partager avec d’autres endeuillés ou d’autres gens qui passent des moments difficiles. J’aimerais qu’on s’aide à passer à travers nos pertes, des situations difficiles et/ou à se sentir moins seul. N’inquiétez-vous…