Lest we forget

I am sitting here watching the rememberance day ceremonies on CBC (don't get to excited Heids, I am still not a convert), and it always makes me sad. It's so weird to think that people who were younger than me, fought and sacrificed for future generations. Some of them even lied about their ages. I am having trouble expressing my feelings. It feels so surreal to imagine my guy friends enlisting, and going off to war. I guess now and days they would probably be conscripting men and women. I don't know if I could make that kind of sacrifice. I can't even imagine what horrors they have seen. But it's not just the soldiers that are making the sacrifice, it's the families that have been torn apart by the ravages of war. Although the first world war wasn't the war to end all wars, I don't believe it was in vain, nor do I believe the second world war was in vain. But the announcers on TV said more people seems to be coming to the ceremony, which makes me happy. We must never forget, and it is so important that we instill this into future generations.