As a little girl, I distinctly remember honouring Remembrance Day at school, as we observed 1 entire minute of silence at exactly 11:00 am (the 11th hour of the 11th day on the 11th month), and while I understood it had to do with events that happened long before I was born, this commemoration was still somewhat bewildering to me.
Many years later, and while I’m not at school any longer, I still continue the same yearly tradition of observing that 1 minute of silence, but now I have a deeper grasp of what it’s all about, and on this day in particular, my heart is both heavy with the knowledge of all the sacrifices made by these fallen heros, and so incredibly grateful for the privileges I now enjoy. It’s ALL because of their sacrifices — lest we forget.
The brave and honourable men and women who fought in these wars, believed in a greater cause: freedom. It’s so easy to lose sight of everything you have, until you stop for just 1 minute and think of everything you might have never known. Because of their sacrifices.
Lest we forget – I remember, and honour.
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