A service was held this morning on the Village Green. Poppy wreaths were placed around the memorial. I walked past it a bit later, on my way out to go for a walk. The wind had blown some of them about. I tidied it up and read the labels. One of them said, Remembering my Dad, who lies in a field in Normandy. That made me cry.
As I was walking along those words were stuck in my head. I thought about all the other dads, sons, grandsons, and brothers who never made it home.
We owe it to them not to give up.
I love this post and your thoughts and I agree, who would have thought times would be so desperate with freedoms in our countries of USA and UK being in danger by our own people. Much love to all our veterans, and how sweet you shed a tear for the thought of the dad who is in a foreign field never to come home.
ReplyDeleteWhat is happening now breaks my heart.
DeleteIs very sad to see what those men and women fought for to now being taken for granted. So many young folks today get triggered by everything when in decades past they went and fought for freedom.
ReplyDeletePeople are oblivious. With their little hand held devices, that's all they need.
DeleteThank you.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome. Just sharing my thoughts.
DeleteCouldn't have said it better myself. We do owe it to them never to give up fighting for the freedoms they fought and died for. Your accompanying photos speak volumes in themselves. The older I get, the more deeply I feel for those people past and present who continue to serve in the Forces and put their lives on the line for me.
ReplyDeleteMargaret in Canada
As I am heading for the home straight in my life I think more about what we are leaving behind for our young people.
Delete(Romans8:38) Well done, Ilona. I, too, cried a little today. It is the least I can do, to remember them.
ReplyDeleteI don't cry very often but today I did. I am not religious, but as I walked alongside the tall trees wafting in the wind, a wave of anger came over me. I shouted at the top of my voice looking for answers. Where are you God?
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ReplyDeleteI love this post also . So many sacrifices made …. So many tragic losses.
The destruction that is being created before our very eyes is heartbreaking. There will be more tragic losses to come.
DeleteAnd yet there are so many people that don't believe this is going on! They are "happy" with the way things are. Ilona, I have enjoyed your site for many years. Thank you!
DeleteAgree. People have their eyes closed. People have no idea about what they are planning.
DeleteA lovely post Ilona, such a sad state the world is in at the moment, how did it happen? Have a good weekend. Ro (n.w. italy)
ReplyDeleteHow did it happen? When people have instant access to news from all parts of the world, it creates jealousy between those who have money, and those who don't. Vast wealth gives people power to control everything. They say it is for the greater good, but it is not. They change things to create more wealth for themselves.
DeleteI have a fun day out planned. Thank you.
A lovely post and beautiful photos on this auspicious day. My great uncle died in WW1 at the age of 27. He and his wife were expecting their first child and I can only imagine how hard it must have been for her.
ReplyDelete@theboatgal: So sad to hear of your great uncle, and for him to be so young emphasises the futility of it all. My great uncle died too in WW1, in the Somme. He was called James and was 45. He had been a career soldier in his younger days and joined up again at the outbreak of war, to try to help. His wife died in childbirth just around the time he was killed, leaving the baby and their young family to be brought up by sisters. He has no grave, having been lost during the battle. His name is on the Thiepval memorial. H x
DeleteThe young lad who grew up opposite us was killed in Afghanistan. We will be at our village memorial tomorrow to remember him and all the other lads and lasses who didn't come home.
ReplyDeleteI heard something this week that really upset me. There are more suicides of servicemen/women now from the Falklands War than those actually killed in the war. We need to do more for our ex servicemen/women who are still here, too.
Young lives lost in war should never happen.
DeleteHi Ilona, my husband is a Vietnam veteran so we went out to lunch Friday, otherwise a quiet day. There was a B17 and another WWII plane crash yesterday at an Veterans Day air show in Texas. A friend of ours, ex military and airline pilot, flew B17’s for the commemorative Air Force for years here in Phoenix, he stopped flying a few years ago. But I bet he knew all the guys in Texas. All are dead ;(. Maybe 15 years ago, while our friend was still flying the B17 located here in Phoenix, I paid $450 for a one hour tour (with five or six other passengers) in the plane and flew around Phoenix. It was a wonderful experience. But having done that, I feel so bad for the five or six guys flying the plane yesterday. There were no passengers on board, just crew. . Anyway, thank you for the lovely Veterans Day piece. Hilogene in Az
ReplyDeleteI saw that crash in the news. Very sad.
DeleteToo right!
ReplyDeleteA powerful, heartfelt post that really resonates with me. Thank you
Al
I sometimes come across as a tough cookie, but I have a soft centre.
DeleteVery sad. My dear Dad did come home from WW2, met my dear Mum. Best Dad I could have had
ReplyDeleteMy dad came home from the war as well. Bringing my German mum with him.
DeleteThank you for your post. We will never forget them xx
ReplyDeleteAmanda, Sussex
Our future should be built on the principles that those soldiers fought for.
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