Remembrance

             

                    Hello Everyone. I never know what to say on remembrance day I can't say happy remembrance day because it is not happy. So I don't usually say anything. Remembrance Day for my family means more than just remembering lives lost in the wars it means remembering family. I have a big family and I have been blessed to have my great grandparents throughout my whole life. Just recently my Great Grandpa passed away he was very dear to all of us and he will be remembered. My Klien Oma and Opa passed away a few years ago and I never saw them much but for them especially the war times would have been hard. You see they lived in holland during world war 2 so even though they did not fight in the war they still had a lot to fear from it. My Granny is still alive along with my Great Grandma unfortunately the rest of my great grandparents have passed on. 

            My Granny would have only been a girl during world war two only 5or 6 she said. She is now 97 and I am about to tell you about her husband who fought in world war two he has an amazing story to tell. He joined the air force during world war two and he served bravely but one day there was an accident. He was starting up a plane propellor and as it started it hit him in the head. The nurses cared for him nonstop they said that even if by a miracle he lived he wouldn't be able to do much for the rest of his life. Although, as my family knows Willis's are very stubborn when it comes to dying and he made a full recovery. After the war, however, he was diagnosed with brain cancer the doctors told him you don't have very long to live but once again Willis's are not easy to kill, and instead of the few month deadlines that the doctors had sentenced him with he persevered for a full 4 years. He, unfortunately, passed away a year or two before my dad was born. I never got to meet him but he is why I wear my poppy not just for those that served and fought for me and my family but for my family who served and fought for us. Not all of us might have family who fought in the war but nevertheless wear your poppy with pride and remember those who died. 

        My family is proud to be Scottish so on remembrance day this year we all walked up to the memorial on the main street all dressed up in our kilts and we took the time to remember all of the lives that were lost for us and all of the lives that even if they weren't lost would've never been the same again. Then we called my Granny it is so nice to call her she sounds like a queen on the phone very proper and regal even at ninety-seven, but she is a Willis so I am really not all that surprised at how strong she still is. But the day will come when I will wear my poppy for her too.

    I wrote this last year on remembrance day and since then our lovely Granny has gone to join Great Grandad in heaven. So this year I get to wear my poppy for her too.