November 11th.
Our family crammed into West Edmonton Mall for the November 11th
ceremony today. People of all ages, all
ethnicities, there to remember.
Remembrance of my great grandfathers and uncles that wrote
from the front of WWII. Letters written
in anxiousness, loneliness and fear that no matter how many times I read, bring
tingles and shivers to my spine.
Remembrance to my wife’s family who were forced to flee
Chile and who lost brothers, husbands, and uncles in the Coup of 1973 when standing
up for democracy in the presence of dictatorship corruption and power.
Remembrance of Cpl. Andrew Eyklenboom who died in
Afghanistan on August 11, 2006. The
first Canadian medic to lose his life since the Korean war. To our friends, Gordon and Steven, our family
will not forget what your brother sacrificed for our freedom.
The debt of gratitude that all Canadians have to our
veterans can’t adequately be expressed.
To those men and women that serve today, and to those that have served
in times past….we thank you.
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