Lest We Forget

[candygramme]

I don't usually get personal, but I am feeling particularly emotional today.





They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.



I wish the image were bigger, but I couldn't find a bigger one. I am posting this in memory of Squadron Leader F. J. Gow. Rest in peace, Dad. I miss you so much.

Comments

[lilithonearth.livejournal.com]

:) A case of never forgetting, ever. It's a shame that generation after generation, we might very well lose track of it. I am not even sure history class are covering it all much :(

[candygramme.livejournal.com]

Really. I'm kinda weepy today.

[lilithonearth.livejournal.com]

:'( The stormy weather hasn't been helping since this morning either, I don't know for you :( Please pet Shampoo until your black jeans are all grey :D

[candygramme.livejournal.com]

Done! I just force fed her a bunch of liver too. I'm wearing some of it.

[lilithonearth.livejournal.com]

Good :)

BTW the episode tonight was so awkward and funny, Becky is so damaged and yet you want to hug her at the same time. Sam was funny. That sassy demon was really enjoyable!

[candygramme.livejournal.com]

I liked the demon best, but Sam was funny with his muffled conversation, and I really loathe Becky. She feels like a complete insult to me as a fan.

[lilithonearth.livejournal.com]

Oh I hear you. Really annoying for sure. Scary thing is that I remember of some fans out there, even during conventions, that felt and sounded a bit the same to be honest :/

And I remember you grumbling about them whenever Onci rants about SPN fandom on her LJ :)

Crowley's scruff was.... unexpected!! The dude is getting rough :) I wish the Winchesters could get scruffier too for that matter (and shorten those side-fucking-burns, Sam!

[candygramme.livejournal.com]

The sideburns shall inherit the face!

Maybe it isn't hair. Maybe it's some weird fungus that is gradually taking Jared over...

Cue the spooky music!

[lilithonearth.livejournal.com]

HHAHAAAAA....*wipes tear* haaaaa

Yeah. And next week looks like an XFiles episode in the forest! :) I hope they invested in a good nasty monster suit à la Wendigo and not a human with funky lenses and a bad hair day :)

[candygramme.livejournal.com]

LOL! Are you watching Grimm? They had some of those on there today.

[lilithonearth.livejournal.com]

That's actually one more show I need to catch up on. I am doing Pan Am tomorrow. Thx for reminding :)

[candygramme.livejournal.com]

Dude, Grimm is awesome. Dark and creepy with very subtle special effects. Also, the hero has very pretty eyes...

[samtyr.livejournal.com]

((hugs))

[candygramme.livejournal.com]

Thank you, BB.

♥

[runedgirl.livejournal.com]

That's an amazing image. I need to try to find a way to print it out for my dad. Miss you, gf. *hugs*

[candygramme.livejournal.com]

It totally is. I am looking for a bigger image. When I find, I will send it on over. I miss you too.

[blueeyedliz.livejournal.com]

Amazing image and verse.

We had two minutes silence at the shopping centre I was shopping in yesterday. It was veryyyy moving since there was a military last post bugle call and parade of old WW2 veterans, there's less and less of them taking part every year. Some people in the crowd were crying and everyone applauded the veterans.

[candygramme.livejournal.com]

That image choked me up.

Here, there is a naval base across the inlet from my office, and they fired the cannon every minute for a half hour, and then there was a flypast.

My Dad was a veteran who marched on Remembrance day until he died last year. It really came home to me today. I'm glad that people do remember. They should.

[bulleteyes.livejournal.com]

I was thinking of my father too. Eighteen years old, a Mississippi sharecropper's son who walked into town one day and enlisted and told his parents about it that evening at the dinner table. Went straight from the delta to Ft. Bragg then on to Japan. I can't imagine the culture shock for him.

He told me about climbing Mt. Fuji. Young and strong it took him 8 hours to go up and apparently at that time they slid down the opposite face on their butts in 45 minutes. It took all the soles off his shoes.

I tried to get him to tell me more through the years but he kept his own counsel on these things.

Yes, missing my dad too, dear lady.

[candygramme.livejournal.com]

Mine was a commando in Italy, and although he occasionally would tell us an amusing thing about his confreres, he never ever spoke about the war itself. He joined up at 15, and in the photos I've seen he looked exactly like my brother!

[cuddlyangel.livejournal.com]

That was really beautiful.

*big hug*

xxx

[candygramme.livejournal.com]

Was sad. Glad you appreciated it.