Our 2006 Week Of Remembrance

I arrived home around supper time yesterday, (Sunday) after an incredible weekend with my "StanFest Hiller" friends, in Mahone Bay, NS, at Gary & Corinne Silliker's beautiful home... Thanks again Gary & Corinne (your new hot tub is awesome!!!)... Gary is a retired CF Veteran, and he and Corinne recently returned from a 2 - 3 year stint of working in Afghanistan... Two more of my best friends, Jim Frame and Larry Clinton, are also retired CF Vets... We all (around 10 of us in total) attended a beautiful Cenotaph service in Mahone Bay, followed by an afternoon at the Mahone Bay Legion, enjoying the company of other Vets, Military, RCMP Personnel, etc.... Friday and Saturday evenings were spent enjoying awesome 'food and drink', along with "mucho" tunes, which is primarily what our crowd is known for... See you all at "Stan 2007" folks...

The picture herein is of the Branch 8 Legion members in Montague... Last week, I attended 7 different services (5 schools and 2 Senior's homes) with these incredible people... Many stories were told and shared, and my respect and appreciation for our countries Vets. has deepened from these wonderful experience(s)... I look forward to many more great times with the Montague Vets, as I recently joined the Legion, an honour and privilege we enjoy as retired RCMP officers...

Although the 2006 week of Remembrance may now be over, may we all keep a little space in our hearts and minds daily, for the thousands who have given their lives for this great country of ours, and also for those who continue to put themselves in harms way on a daily basis, to preserve the many "Freedoms and Privileges" we enjoy as Canadians... Our present day Military Personnel, Canadian Coast Guard, Firefighters and Police Officers all across the country...

Wayne