What Happens When We Die Alone Without Family to Take Good Care?

That’s a darn good question! I was working away at the midtown offices of the Memorial Society of BC when this lovely elderly woman arrived for a chat about her end of life preparations. She lives all alone, quite happily she said, and has been since her husband passed away many years ago. She has…

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Bringing Death Back to Life – How We Could Talk to our Children

I remember when I was young living and playing with ‘reckless abandon’ whether it be on the ice hockey rink, in the back yard, or the family playroom. It was this full on life energy in action. It, well actual I, didn’t fit well in a box, I was a handful to try and contain,…

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Lucky Draw Winners from Kelowna, BC

We are pleased to announce the winners of our free membership draw from the Body Soul & Spirit Expo in Kelowna this past weekend. The lucky winners are; Emily Grier, Lisa Lauer and Jean Clark. Congratulations to you three and better luck next time to all those folks who entered their name and didn’t win.…

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  The Body Soul & Spirit Expo was a solid success for us it was our icebreaker in Kelowna and we made many new acquaintances and meet many new potential members. Our next expo with them is here in Vancouver January 4 to 6, 2019 at the Croation Cultural Centre. We will be Table Talks…

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An Early Fall Update

Staff here at MSBC central have been working diligently all summer to get ready for many seasonal events from conference, to expositions and to our Annual General Meeting coming your way on November 3rd, 2018 with our keynote speaker BC Seniors Advocate Isobel Mckenzie. So do stay tuned for more deatils about what we are…

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Lack of Planning Can Result in Chaos

  There was a family upset I witnessed several years ago that could have easily been avoided by timely planning – it was a nasty public upset indeed. Two family members were fighting in the chapel over whom would get their parent’s cremated remains. Yep a public, hurtful, and unnecessary upset. It affected everyone who…

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