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Each year since returning to Canada full-time in 2007, I have counted the poppies I see people wearing from the day the poppy campaign begins until 11am on November 11th. I'd tally up the count, donate 0.10$ per poppy, and send a cheque to a local veterans organization.
It used to be a sizeable donation.
In recent years, I've noticed my poppy count decreasing. I worry sometimes that people have begun to forget the past. I worry that we will soon relive their horrors in our future.
I don't base my donation on poppy counts anymore. And I no longer wait until Remembrance day arrives to make them.
I am changing too. Hopefully, for the better.
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Thursday, October 19th, 2006 Posted in Friends & Family, Popularity Contests | 7 Comments »
For weeks now I've been bouncing in and out of people's blogs on Thursdays and encountering Thursday Thirteen posts. Standard meme's have a quiz like structure. Everyone posts their answers to ... Read more..Wednesday, October 18th, 2006 Posted in Friends & Family | 2 Comments »
It's a sad fact that often in the Palliative Care Ward at the SJRH a patient must die for another patient to have a bed. My father obtained one after ... Read more..Monday, October 16th, 2006 Posted in Random Burbling | 2 Comments »
Today I'm concentrating on the little things that make up my day. It was snowing outside when I woke up this morning and I don't yet have my winter tires installed ... Read more..Sunday, October 15th, 2006 Posted in Friends & Family | 2 Comments »
I had a friend in university who used to advocate the philosphy of "no regrets". He believed that we should never regret the things we do or those we didn't ... Read more..Sunday, October 15th, 2006 Posted in Friends & Family | No Comments »
It's been two weeks since my father's funeral and I've been contemplating whether or not I'd start blogging again a lot over the past 72 hours. Since my blog was ... Read more..