Friday Favourites

Happy Friday, we are rolling through November over here! I have recently been skipping Friday Favourites if I haven’t felt like much to report on. Not much this week but wanted to recognize Remembrance Day.

This year I was working downtown on Wednesday so I walked over to Old City Hall for the ceremony there. My colleague was supposed to come over with me but he couldn’t get away but I was happy to go by myself.  And yet, I wasn’t alone, there was a good crowd of people there and more gathered as we got closer to 11:00. As I stood there I remembered all of the various places I have commemorated this day - in my hometown, Shelburne, NS, where I participated in the parade as a Brownie and Guide, and then later standing with my mom at the cenotaph, in Halifax with my grandparents, and one time with Dave, E, and baby Q, from my desk when I would tune into the CBC coverage of the Ottawa ceremony but without the day off (in Ontario, it’s not a stat holiday), and one time when we were in New York City, we were down at Battery Park and I put my poppy on the memorial there. 

The ceremonies are always the same, which I always find comforting. I like to sing O Canada and God Save the King with everyone, and share in the moment of silence. The ceremony I went to had a band and choir to lead us, sentries dressed in uniforms from various wars, and a fly past. We had a prayer from a military chaplain and I appreciated that he acknowledged that not everyone prays but that he hoped everyone could find some comfort in his words. Our mayor spoke and specifically mentioned the recent tragedy in Wainwright Alberta. 

Anyway, it was nice and I hope you had some time to reflect yourself. 

On a lighter note, Q had lost his bike lock on his way to school when his bike broke and he had to abandon his bike at his friend’s house and hustle onto school. I had the idea to go back to where the bike broke and see if the lock was still there. And it was!! It was hanging up on the railing nearby, happy a nice person put it up there for us to find. And luckily Dave was able to get the bike fixed quickly.

A few other highlights from the week - I helped E study for his biology test (diagram of a cell anyone?!), watched You’ve Got Mail, and had my Instagram flooded with travel posts of Edinburgh and London, with my trip coming up soon :)