Lest we forget
Today we head into remembrance day.
I was reflecting back on various discussions I overheard regarding observance of the holiday Tuesday. I can only say that I feel immense sorrow at how too many Canadians have nearly lost comprehension of the meaning of the word 'valiant'. We don't need to look far to find it again; it lays concealed behind the fixed gazes of Canadian soldiers standing a post in our place around the Globe and standing in remembrance of our fallen for one sole day.
More so is the shame to realize that these sacrifices are only as far away as our neighbors' houses; brothers and sisters pulled from their normal lives to fight the highest intensity conflict Canadians have participated in inside the past 50 years. And perhaps because the freedoms and lives being struggled for are not our own, we too easily forget.
But not today. For every one of us who lost a brother or a friend, let's spend time remembering the best of times we shared together and the cost of the sacrifices made. Stand up and let those around you know that this November 11, you will NOT forget.
To those of you continuing to sacrifice today, thank-you from the bottoms of our hearts.
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