Nittel has actually been included with Threads of Life for near a years after her child Blaine passed away when the pump truck he was driving rolled in a ditch and he was pinned in the taxi. He was 21 when the mishap took place in 2012.
“Anybody who knows me knows I will always talk about my son Blaine. I quite honestly say I have three children. One lives in Redcliff, one’s on the farm with us and Blaine’s in heaven and by my side every day,” she says.
“People that go to Threads of Life get that. It doesn’t bother people if we talk about the injury of our loved one or the hidden injuries we don’t see. So for us, it’s a safe landing place, the place we can say anything.”
She says prior to Threads of Life’s starting twenty years ago there was no location for households who suffered office disasters to opt for details or assistance.
When explaining it and what it has actually implied to her, she utilizes the words compassion and compassion.
“You can sympathize with me because my son died at work. I’m hoping you don’t empathize with me because I hope you haven’t experienced the same thing,” Nittel says.
Nittel includes safety is something to think about 24-7, 365 days a year at play and at work.
Registration for the Steps for Life walk is at 10 a.m. Saturday. The five-kilometre walk starts at 11 a.m.
More details is available at stepsforlife.ca.
