Life Coaching, Observations, Reflections, Things that make you go hmmmmm
Remembering what those that went before us gave so that we enjoy the freedom we do. Remembering that fighting for freedom is still necessary.
I have family that was in service including one I never met.
The one of my family I never met was my paternal Grandfather. That man was killed in WW II. A dispatch rider hit by a truck at night under black out conditions. It was one of our trucks.
A father and uncle who were in the Canadian Navy. A great uncle who was in WW II. Another uncle who was an Air cadet and went on to Canadian Army Reserve. My Father joined the Canadian Army Reserve too. I have a cousin by marriage that was a United States Marine. The cousin that man married, born in Canada, served in the U.S. National Guard.
My own service was Air Cadets Canada.
You would expect that with all the centuries of warring the world wouldn’t be as tough a place as it is. Sadly and stupidly, this not the case. We don’t have to remember because we are reminded on a daily basis that oppression and war are still integral to the operation of this planet.
There is more talk of making November 11th a holiday in Canada. It’s a shame it is easier to get people to stop for a whole day than it is to get them to stop for 2 minutes at the 11th hour.
Remembrance Day 2015
Remembrance Day 2014
G.R. Hambley – November 10, 2016
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