Today is Remembrance Day as they call it here.
It's a bit of a shit day now. It doesn't mean much except everyone under the age of 19 has to know the poem about the poppies. Everyone gets a holiday unless you are in the military then you have to either work or go to stand in the cold for whatever ceremonies (unpaid) for hours. It feels more like punishment to those who serve.
And I can't help but think how important their work is.
Here in Canada, the forces do more than practice with guns. They are involved in search and rescue, medical evac to the remote artic when conditions are too cold for civilians, they help with floods and fires, they even go into old age homes and change dirty nappies when the government fails.
To give a country the best years of their lives, only to get tossed aside at the end? It's getting better for those retiring these days, but they still fail those who retired before.
Sorry.
shitty day.
not a day many people remember except to take one of the 'free' poppies at the grocery store and have a day off work.
Also, I forgot to paint (or steal) a poppy.
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