Remembering November

Our Province has an official Statutory Holiday for Rememberance Day. Nothing will be open tomorrow. no stores, no offices, and other businesses. Not all provinces in Canada will "celebrate/remember" in this way. 

Today I have 2/3 of my kids home due to illness. They will miss their schools ceremonies and talks with veteran and Canadian Soldiers. These ceremonies will cement the young minds much more than anything they happen to hear in the news or read in a book. It will give them a real opportunity to Thank those that have fought for our Canadian outlook on life, with their lives and those that are still continuing to protect our country. I'm sorry my 2 will miss this years ceremony but am so Thankful for our province seeing the importance to leave it in their curriculum. We have friends and family in the military but even those stories told to young children aren't the same as the Remembrance Day Ceremonies in School or in town with many others sharing the memories. And some wont share those stories at all. It's just too much for themselves and they want to protect their friends and families. The protection continues.

There are some that will willingly take their children out of school today because it's too "close to home" and others that will take them out because there will be prayers. Isn't it so great to live in a country where we have that option? Isn't it great that we make those choices. I feel bad today that some may think my 2 boys are out for those reasons. They are not, they were out earlier this week too but to those that do not know us? these are the things that enter my mind.

This month we wear our poppies as a Thank You. I will continue to pray and hope and dream of a world where Peace is a reality and no one dies in battle over right and wrong, and that knowing what's right so much more important than anything else.  I did say dream.