It is not about you, it's about them
Remembrance day is not about you. It's
not about if you believe in war, what your political beliefs are or
morals and values. It's about remembering those brave men and women
who have given up their life. You may not agree how they died, but
the simple fact is they did and we as Canadians should remember them.
The last line of the poem In Flanders Fields is:
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields
We don't have to believe in war or
agree with the reason, but simply don't break faith. Remember them
because it is not about you. On Remembrance day I remember them, I
also give pause to think of the families that have lost soldiers as
well. The families who had no choice in the sacrifice, the spousals
and children of the fallen soldiers. Remembrance day is for them
too. We acknowledge their loss.
Each year when I buy my poppy (and lets
face it more than once cuz they tend to escape) if the person selling
it is a vet or in the service I thank them, because remembering is
for them too. My daughter this year bought her poppy from a soldiers
Mom and remembered to tell her son that a little girl from Oshawa
thanks him for his service. Like war or not, the fact of the matter
is if there wasn't a need we wouldn't have the Canadian Armed Forces.
Thank a soldier for his or her service, remember the fallen and the
families of those who have and have some respect.
