Remembrance Day

Because I probably won’t get on the internet on Friday, I am posting my thoughts on Remembrance Day today. Being so far from Canada, my only exposure to it is seeing British people on the BBC wearing poppies, but it is still on my mind. As some of you know, Remembrance Day is a day that I consider very important. Today is not a day for politics or utopian messages. It is simply a day to remember those who gave their lives for us. Every year the men who died fighting for our freedom become even younger relative to my age, something that is very sobering. When my grandfather was my age, he was fighting in Italy. Many of his friends didn’t come back. So on Friday, just take a minute and try to grasp this: countless men, many younger than I am now, gave their lives for Canada. That selflessness and sacrifice must be honoured always.