Before you go

Before You Go: Sheila Morrison, 72, reflects on the years she ignored her younger brother and tells him what he means to her now

Kelly Wilk tells her son that he gave her the strength to go on after the tragic death of her partner Kara

Rachel Wallace-Oberle watches her son pack a U-Haul and leave for a new job as a pilot far away

Before You Go: Janine Longy thanks her sibling Marguerite Marie Jeanne for never letting family dramas destroy their love

Before You Go: Edward Piva, a teacher and father of two, on his kids’ curiosity, their own path to reconciliation and Gord Downie’s enduring lessons for Canadians

Before You Go: Hilary Faktor pays tribute to her neighbours, as they prepare to move away, for 15 years of Harry Potter, tree forts and warm muffins

Before You Go: Madelaine Sumner watches her 90-year-old grandfather build a bird feeder for a hospital garden. It’s one of many acts that prove he doesn’t live up to his nickname.

Before You Go: Taslim Jaffer and her father visited Mombasa, Kenya, where both of them were born, during a once-in-a-lifetime trip. It was a journey drenched in memories and love.

Before You Go: Patti Shales Lefkos pays tribute to tireless efforts to preserve a family cottage—including a joint ’senior siblings’ reno—that cap a lifetime of summer memories

Before You Go: Hannah Ziegler on the unshakeable legacy of her Holocaust-surviving grandfather, whose memory is destroyed—but whose stories will live forever