Novembrance Day because in November we Remember!
Novembrance Day: I have said it like this since I was a little girl and it has stuck with me throughout my life - it made sense to me!
I grew up listening to many stories from my parents, grandparents, their siblings, and friends I’ve met along the way from Europe about the different wars. We lost family members to the war. Even my children were fortunate enough to hear some of those stories from my grandparents.
I feel very privileged to have learned this information first hand. You can watch the movies that they have made in memory of the different wars, and I have watched many of them, but it holds a different value when you actually know someone who lived it, who shared that information with you – it makes it personal.
For those of you who have family members that lived through that, I hope you were able to make recordings of those shared stories to pass down to the younger generations. It is a piece of your history.
I grew up in a time where most businesses were closed November 11th. You could only sell bread, milk and gas until noon – that I remember.
Now a days, it isn’t quite that way and to me, it feels like we are losing something.
Questions to Ponder:
What are your thoughts on this?
Is your business open on Remembrance Day?
Is it that important to be open today?
They left their lives behind and some of them lost their lives, so that we could have our freedom. This world, would be a very different place if they hadn’t made the choices, decisions and sacrifice they made. They sacrificed for us.
One day a year, can’t we make a sacrifice for them and instead take time that day to teach the younger generation the importance of our past, our history, and share their stories?
Whatever you are doing on November 11th, whatever your culture, religion or race please take time to Remember…