Monday, November 11, 2013

We Remember


Happy Armistice Day!
And on the 11th hour, of 11th day, of the 11th month in 1918 silence reigned! Today, we call it Veterans' Day.

 Today I'm thinking about three veterans close to me: Leonard, Don and Steve. Thank you for your service.

 This is a page from one of Mom's scrapbooks that she told me I'd need someday. She was right again.

“Photographs don’t discriminate between the living and the dead. In the fragments of time and shards of light that compose them, everyone is equal. Now you see us; now you don’t. It doesn’t matter whether you look through a camera lens and press the shutter. It doesn’t even matter whether you open your eyes or close them. The pictures are always there. And so are the people in them.”      Robert Goddard


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16 comments:

  1. Tanya BreeseNovember 11, 2013 at 8:13 AM

    mom's always right ;) ....how sad to think what their lives would have been like had they lived....

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  2. DinaNovember 11, 2013 at 8:45 AM

    You found a wonderful way to get us into the Armistice Day spirit.

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  3. TexWisGirlNovember 11, 2013 at 8:47 AM

    thank you, birdman.

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  4. ElenkaNovember 11, 2013 at 9:19 AM

    Yes, thank you Dad, 'dad', and uncle Leonard. I can't even imagine......

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  5. PerthDailyPhotoNovember 11, 2013 at 10:19 AM

    Perfect post for today Birdman.

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  6. RedPatNovember 11, 2013 at 10:52 AM

    Good one, Birdman!

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  7. MalyssNovember 11, 2013 at 10:57 AM

    Beautiful and moving . Thank you!

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  8. VPNovember 11, 2013 at 4:07 PM

    Great and really moving post. Moms are always right...

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  9. Sharon CreechNovember 11, 2013 at 4:17 PM

    Well said. xx

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  10. KateNovember 11, 2013 at 5:14 PM

    Keeping a record in the form of a scrapbook is excellent history!

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  11. Folkways Note BookNovember 11, 2013 at 7:23 PM

    Very nice post about veterans you knew personally -- like the quote at the end -- barbara

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  12. Lois EvensenNovember 11, 2013 at 7:45 PM

    Lovely post.

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  13. AnonymousNovember 11, 2013 at 8:20 PM

    A wonderful tribute and remembrance of them and their service... Thank you for remembering and honoring our veterans today.

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  14. JackNovember 11, 2013 at 9:12 PM

    Well done, Birdman.

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  15. RandyNovember 11, 2013 at 9:20 PM

    Very nice.

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  16. LynetteNovember 11, 2013 at 11:54 PM

    Well done. Thank you for each part of your post today. I especially love the quote.

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