11 November 2010

Lest we forget................

Today as we all know is a day for remembering.. For remembering all those that gave their lives for their country. Not only in the past wars but in wars going on now. I believe we should remember not just the one's who lost their lives but remember all our men and women that are at this moment in fear of their lives now. We have a day of remembrance that we call Poppy day to donate how all the fields were red with poppies. At the moment there are many things going on in schools and other agencies to show our children what happened all those years ago and to try and show them WHY we must REMEMBER them..
I am wearing my poppy..
A field of beautiful poppies...

Our queen remembers them...
Getting close to the poppies..
Framed with Poppies...
Reflecting....
We will take one of these to the crematorium..
The children with hundreds of falling poppies in Trafalgar Square..
Many wreaths are laid in honour...

We will remember them...
Today mums friend's son Joe will come home from Afghanistan, very mixed emotions as four of his friends will not come home with him.We will remember them.
Have a good day my friends.. With love GJ xxx

24 comments:

Cat said...

Hi GJ, what a wonderful post! Today we join with you to honour and remember our heros, past and present,

♥♥ The OP Pack ♥♥ said...

A very beautiful tribute, GJ and Mum. We too salute all our veterans and those who continue to serve.

Woos ~ Phantom, Thunder, and Ciara

Angel, Kirby and Max said...

This is a beautiful post! We need to remember all those that served and came home with our friends or injured or maimed along with all those that did not come home!

♥I am Holly♥ said...

That is a very beautiful post GJ and a wonderful tribute. We remember all of our heros, past and present and we will continue to honour them. Lots of love, Holly and mom

Old Kitty said...

Beautiful GJ!! What a lovely post - very thoughtful and very sweet!! You look adorable in the field of popppies reflecting on what this day means!! You are just so lovely!!

Hugs and purrs ot your friend's son and all his comrades too. Take care
x

Kari said...

What a lovely heartfelt tribute, dear GJ. It is a day to honour and remember all of our men and women who served and especially those who gave their all. On this day, we think of how different our lives would have been without them.

P.S. We almost forgot our own Gram who was a nurse in the last years o the war.

RHYTHM AND RHYME said...

What a lovely post, and how wonderful you looked with a poppy.

Yvonne.

White Dog Blog said...

What a beautiful post! We join you in saluting all who have and who are still serving. And Joe's friends will not be forgotten.

Sagira said...

Always very sad to hear of the ones who don't come home. :(

My nephew is a Marine and has been there 2 times now. Each time you worry about them and all the brave men and woman serving the country.

Marg said...

That is a wonderful Tribute GJ. We never knew about the Poppy flower before today. Our Mom is always in some kine of fog. Anyway they are very pretty flowers. And it is so wonderful to remember all the people who have fought in wars for all of us. Take care and have a fun day.

Mickey's Musings said...

That was a great post Jasper !!
We will purr for Joe's friends.

Purrs Mickey, Georgia & Tillie

Summer at sparklecat.com said...

What a beautiful tribute, GJ, and a reminder of the price so many of these people pay for our freedom.

NAK and The Residents of The Khottage Now With KhattleDog! said...

PAWESOME post GJ!

Just lovely!

We are happy fur Joe and his family but sad fur his mates that didn't make it bakhk -

I'll have to get Mom to take some pikhs of the flag display a lokhal cemetery has - khwite sobering -

Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra
PeeEssWoo: Hope your mum is improving?

Jans Funny Farm said...

Oh, GJ, you look so handsome wearing your poppy. What a nice remembrance post. We are very sorry that Joe's friends are not coming home with him. Purrs and tail wags in comfort.

Ellen Whyte said...

I haven't seen much here about this, possibly because the govt is rewriting history to get rid of "inconvenient" heroes from various races.

Lorenza said...

Beautiful tribute, GJ!
Thanks for sharing it.
Kisses and hugs
Lorenza

Brian's Home Blog said...

That was great GJ, we will always remember them.

BeadedTail said...

Very beautiful tribute GJ! The poppies are a lovely way to remember all the veterans.

The Island Cats said...

What a nice post!! We are purring for all those that gave their lives so we could be free!

Catio Tales said...

Ă„iti says far too many have not come home from Afghanistan.

We should always remember those of us who can freely blog can do so because of these poppies.

dArtagnan Rumblepurr/Diego Hamlet Moonfur said...

GJ, you look even more majestic than the queen!!!

Scout and Freyja said...

Jasper, we will NEVER forget, not as long as there is breath in our lungs and a beat in our hearts.

ZOOLATRY said...

Thank You to Joe for his service, thank you to many others whose names we do not know. Thank you to all who have returned to the love of family. Thank you to all who have not. Blessings.

Milo and Alfie Marshall said...

We are so sad that joe's friends will not come home with him. That is the harsh reality of War.

We will never forget the bravery of those who gave their lives for this country ~ and those that fought and survived. Bless them all.