A Grateful Pause

As November 11^th rolls around, Canadians are provided with yet another opportunity to REMEMBER. In recent years, Remembrance Day touches me more deeply than in previous years. Perhaps that is because I’m older and wiser. I’m more aware of the sacrifice brave veterans made on my behalf. I better realize the cost of the freedom and peace I enjoy. On the other hand, perhaps it’s because I’m brought closer to the reality of war through the media. No longer do I see war depicted in movies or vividly described in history books. Now I’m transported to the numerous global war zones by the nightly news. I witness struggles between rivalling people right in my living-room. The visceral images of these war scenes in real time bombard my heart and increase my appreciation of Remembrance Day. I’m grateful that as Canadians we set aside November 11^tthas a special time to pause and recall collectively those who sacrificed so much for others.

Nancy Wales CSJ

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada is situated on the Traditional Territories of:

the Mississauga Anishinaabeg adjacent to Haudenosaunee Territory and in the territory covered by the Williams Treaty, and Rice Lake Purchase Treaty 20

the Algonquin Anishnaabeg in the area covered by the Rideau Purchase or Treaty 27 and 27 ¼

the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and, the Lenape in the territory covered by Treaty 6 and Treaty 2 and,