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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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Monday, December 15th, 2008 Posted in Random Burbling | No Comments »
Drew heads out in approximately 39 hours so I won't be blogging for a bit. Or so the story goes. Read more..Sunday, December 14th, 2008 Posted in Random Burbling | No Comments »
Maybe not everywhere but definitely at our house. We braved the nasty weather and dropped off our Christmas pressies at the neighbours. It's nasty outside and heading out in this ... Read more..Sunday, December 14th, 2008 Posted in Random Burbling | No Comments »
As Drew is prepping to leave he's been crossing items off of the honey-do list I put together for him last week. If truth be told, it's more of a ... Read more..Saturday, December 13th, 2008 Posted in Frothing At The Bit | 3 Comments »
We Canucks are good at whining about the weather. Gives us something to babble about no matter where in the country we originally hail from. And you know it's cold ... Read more..Friday, December 12th, 2008 Posted in Friends & Family, Learning & Education, Random Burbling | No Comments »
Exams are over and, discounting the weekend that I know will be nuts as we try to get everything ready for Drew's departure, I've been busy doing as little as ... Read more..