Winter Activities for Your Family
There is no denying that Edmonton is a winter city! (Now icy too!) I have always heard that Edmonton winters are something to dread.
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News
What is an intake?
Caregiving for a family member with complex needs is not easy. No matter how much we love someone, when their care needs are higher than our personal energy or our resource base, any caregiver runs the risk of burning out.
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Stress Management Techniques
Stress is unavoidable and results from our busy lives. These days, it is easy to get overwhelmed. Our team at Crossroads wants to provide you with hands-on methods to manage stress in your life.
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International Stress Awareness Week: Burnout Survival Guide
International Stress Awareness Week runs from November 1st to 5th each year and was created to raise awareness for the impact and prevention of stress. Stress is a part of our day to day lives and seems to be activated by just about anything. How you deal with stress will greatly impact your ability to […]
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Halloween Activities for the Whole Family!
It’s that time of the year when we pull out our jack-o-lanterns and costumes and prepare for Halloween! Whether you like the spooky season, prefer the fall air and cozy movie nights, or are known for your trick-or-treating strategy, we’ve rounded up a collection of Halloween activities for families of kids and teens to […]
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It Takes a Village
Raising a child requires a community working together as a team. As a foster care agency, Crossroads emphasizes keeping a child connected to as many healthy attachments as possible, while supporting foster parents to provide a stable loving home.
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New Community Connection!
Daisy Chain Book Co. wants to give us free books! Brandi Morpurgo is the owner of Daisy Chain Book Co. and a former foster parent with a heart for foster kids and the families we support. She is driven to provide kids with uplifting reading material with the hope that they will find comfort between the pages of a book and become lifelong readers.
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Honouring the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
In June 2021, the House of Commons passed Bill C-5, making September 30th a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This legislation followed the discoveries of multiple mass graves at former residential schools across Canada.
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Weight
Covid-19 has been a long hard haul for some people. Uncertainty and fear, frustration and financial stress, isolation and irritation. All become weights we don’t even realize we’re carrying. Then one day you snap and behave in a way you are embarrassed about later… but it wasn’t the incident itself it was the weight you were carrying without knowing. That weight has worn you down to where you can’t bear any more.
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Love
Love is an action word.
It isn’t a fluttery feeling in your stomach although it can cause that. It isn’t flowers and chocolates although those things can be an expression of love. It isn’t romance although we all see love in the midst of romance.