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Remember
by Bre D, Calgary, AB, Age 13

Have you ever wanted to forget something? Perhaps it’s something painful like a death in your family or the loss of a loved one. You know in your mind you will never forget, and you try to focus on remembering the good things about your time with that person. Well imagine what it would be like to try to forget a war or to try to find something positive to remember.

There are times when the veterans who fought in the war think that we have forgotten all that they had done for us. But we will never forget the blood shed so that we can all be free. We will never forget how many men and woman gave their lives for us so that we could live in happiness. While many men and woman watched their loved ones perish for their country they will never be able to forget the pain and suffering in their lives. Imagine loosing your parents or your brothers and sisters. Many children lost their families to the war. They will forever cherish the memories of their parents, although they will never be able to forget the upheaval in their lives. The sound of gun battle will forever ring in their ears and their hearts will never be healed.

How could we ever forget, when pictures make it perfectly clear what happened many years ago. There are probably not very many veterans alive today to recant all the stories they must surely have to tell, this is why we must never forget, and must always remember and respect November 11, Remembrance Day.

Do you want to know why poppies are red? It’s because of the blood that soldiers shed. It’s because of you and because of me, why people are dead who were once living free. Now because of all that was done for us, we can live in our great free country. It is forever scribed in our hearts and our memories, we will always remember.