So tomorrow is Remembrance Day in Canada. I love Remembrance Day. I love taking my kids to the ceremony and having the opportunity to talk about our nation's past history. I love getting to hear the military bands play. I love to hear and sing "O Canada". And, I love the minute of silence. I love how everything becomes so still. I am alone with my own thoughts about war -- its great and terrible costs -- and peace.
For me Remembrance Day is all about peace. I wear a poppy and think about those who sacrificed not because I think war is somehow romantic or necessary, but because I think that we will never achieve peace unless we remember the costs of war and conflict. I hope to pass that understanding on to my children.
I try to remember that peace begins at home and if I cannot achieve a semblance of peace in my home it is hard to imagine how peace can be achieved on a global scale. I am going to strive for a day where my children solve their conflicts in a constructive way (ie. no hitting or screaming), because it is unrealistic to assume we can have a day without any conflict.
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