11/11/2025
Although I wrote this years ago. The sentiment remains the same.
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Sitting at my son's Remembrance Day ceremonies today I cried. I watched him dressed in his sea cadet uniform marching and bearing the flag that represents our nation. I reflected upon nearly 18 years of military life as a military spouse. Listening to a very senior Cpl. Share his memories of D day. The last of his kind. All of his friends gone. I cried for him. I cried for the fallen. I cried for the millions of men who miss the birth of their babies while deployed and meet their new borns on a computer screen or in a photo for the first time. I cried for the children who weep in need of absent mothers and fathers when they are bruised and scraped in life. I cry for the spouses who struggle trying to make the most difficult decisions in the absence of support. I cried for the broken and tormented men and women who return home terrorized by images that haunt them relentlessly. I cried for the hundreds of worrisome and sleepless nights mothers endure after seeing their child off to war. I cry because today's children seem to be ignorantly unaware of the pain and loss suffered by millions which provide them peace, security and freedom today. Thankyou veterans, thankyou current serving members and thankyou to the families who stand behind each and every one supporting and keeping them strong.... THANKYOU
