tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000245033295397818.post5675011489501067196..comments2014-01-03T09:43:26.783-05:00Comments on No Place Like Home: RememberingTheresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00085616548979596294noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000245033295397818.post-4821946534764096082013-08-21T04:33:14.410-04:002013-08-21T04:33:14.410-04:00A few years back I had a chance encounter with you... A few years back I had a chance encounter with your grandfather in a little bakery/cafe beside a book store in Tsawassen when we missed the ferry back to the island He was reading the paper and dressed so smartly in a natty suit and looked so...Iooking for the right word...interesting, bright, alert, sparkly...that my partner and I were curious what he had done in his life to remain so active and sharp, out and about, and so engaged. My partner left before I did and as I followed I smiled and told your Grandpa how nice he looked and that we'd been talking about him; we'd been rather curious. He charmed me with his story and told me a little of his trek through China to Burma, suggesting I go next door and buy his book, which I did! When I brought it back to be signed he laughed, and I told him its not every morning I meet a hero or someone they should make a movie about! Watching a film..true story..on the same theme tonight, reminded me of Gordon and when I searched for him online your blog came up. I guess he inspired you too, didn't he! I hope he is well and still telling stories! I'll not forget him and what he endured for my rights and freedoms.Sparklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00907966291433240919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000245033295397818.post-28381944942419127742011-11-11T11:51:36.221-05:002011-11-11T11:51:36.221-05:00Thank you for this!
I posted on Facebook a bit a...Thank you for this! <br />I posted on Facebook a bit about my great Uncle who was a PoW in Japan, 1941. He was there for 4 years - 4 years of torture, slave labour & starvation. FOUR YEARS! It is insanity - we can't even fathom this - and because of men like him (and your grandpa, and women too!) we don't have to! <br /><br />We are unbelievably blessed!!susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16451860410028724131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000245033295397818.post-15477342986555032652011-11-11T09:00:41.097-05:002011-11-11T09:00:41.097-05:00Thanks T for reminding us that this day is about r...Thanks T for reminding us that this day is about remembering that an army is made up of individual people - with lives and families and hopes and dreams. And that for this one moment, on this one day, in we can put aside the politics and just say thank you.Barbaranoreply@blogger.com