Rememberance Day

Of all the Remembrance Days I have attended, this had to be one of the most special. You can see from the pictures that we had a large crowd of people who paid tribute to the fallen. It was very touching to have so many people from the international community as well as the head of the Afghan Army in attendance.

The Afghan General spoke about how Canada's history is a mere blink of an eye by Afghan standards. Canada is such a young country and has never experienced the horrors of a war on it's soil. The General went on to say that all Afghans really want...is to grow old. Decades of armed conflict have robbed his country of wisdom and experience. Peace and prosperity is something that Canada enjoys, and although we have not experienced armed conflict at home, we are prepared to send our young men and women to a foreign land, to help others achieve what we have.

I was extremely moved when the names of the fallen Canadian soldiers were read out....it really struck me as I listened to the names being read out one by one. Young men and woman who were so far away from home and gave the ultimate sacrifice so others can have what we have...