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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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Saturday, December 30th, 2006 Posted in Those Who Volunteered | 2 Comments »
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I've just finished Lauren Weisberger's The Devil Wears Prada and enjoyed every minute of it. Well written chic lit can quickly evolve into a great guilty pleasure. The only mistake ... Read more..Tuesday, December 26th, 2006 Posted in Friends & Family | 1 Comment »
I hope and pray that all of my new friends in Manila, and those whom I've never met, remain safe. A powerful quake struck off southwestern Taiwan on Tuesday, triggering a ... Read more..Monday, December 25th, 2006 Posted in Reading Begets Enlightenment | 2 Comments »
Anyone who is actually paying attention to what I'm posting about reading will have to have been scratching their heads yesterday when I posted that I had completed seven books. ... Read more..