What I do in my "spare time"
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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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Scribbled down on January 2nd, 2007 by she
Posted in Flan-dom
It’s a lot too big, but it was purchased to allow me to do an impression of an ogre – and stay warm by layering!
Flashbacks from this summer…
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January 2nd, 2007 at 10:33 pm
Love it!!! Love it!!
And jerseys are supposed to be big. That way, they fit over your gear. (I know, what gear. Pretend, woman! You’re in Canada. Women play hockey there. Heck, they play hockey HERE.)
January 3rd, 2007 at 12:06 am
Yeah, I know girls play hockey here. I was a freak though, I played rugby and football instead. I always wanted to play hockey but they wouldn’t let girls play when I was growing up. Guess that’s a downside of growing up in a small town.