Kortney Garrison

Homeschooling With Ease

  • Instagram
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Remembering Remembrance Day

11 November 2014 by Kortney

Remembering the red paper poppies that blossomed on lapels the autumn I lived in London.

Remembering bells tolling each day at parish churches during November as the the names of parishioners who had died were read aloud.  This was not an abstract remembrance.  It was rooted in place and time.

Remember the absolute hush that washed over the busy city at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.  Everything stopped.

jpeg298

Remembering my Shakespeare professor in London taking us out for dinner at a Korean restaurant.  When the woman came with our menus, he waved her off and began speaking to her in Korean.  He had served in the Korean War…as a code breaker.  We were totally shocked!  The woman went back to the kitchen and brought out everyone who worked there.  We smiled and looked on amazed as they talked on.  Can you imagine the meal they served us?

Remembering my 7th grade English teacher, Mrs. McGrath, teaching us “In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

people CCwestkort

Remembering the nubby feeling of the blanket that always covered the crippled legs of my great grandfather, Christopher Columbus West.  He got frostbite on his legs in the trenches in France during the first World War.  He always welcomed me on his lap when I got scared as the freight trains rattled past.

Share this:

  • Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)
  • Click to print (Opens in new window)

Filed Under: this bright world

Comments

  1. bargarrison says

    11 November 2014 at 10:44 am

    What a beautiful remembrance piece. And coincidentally, I ran across the picture of you in Bigdaddy’s lap and had it out to send to you. He called you Sally-gooden.

    • kortney says

      11 November 2014 at 1:09 pm

      Thank you so much for sending the pictures…I look a lot like Joseph in that one! Love you.

  2. marianna says

    11 November 2014 at 4:27 pm

    Kort,

    Have you seen any pictures of the poppy field set up in the most at The Tower if London? It was in our paper the other day and is an amazing sight. If I remember correctly, the poppies are ceramic.

    • kortney says

      11 November 2014 at 8:22 pm

      I did get to see some pictures over on Twitter:
      https://twitter.com/cooksisterblog/status/530810458765557760
      I didn’t realize they were ceramic. So amazing!

      Been enjoying the fall time pictures over at your place…and the book Healing Walks for Hard Times…from one of your goodreads recommendations. It is transformational!

      Peace keep you.

  3. Phan Garriosn says

    12 November 2014 at 3:01 am

    This is so beautiful, Kortney! Brought tears to my eyes just reading it. Love you.

Click to Subscribe

Archives

wonder

Our life in the Jungle

Categories

(with words) 50 days of Easter 100 Days of Soul Rest 300 before 40 adventures books and such celebration daily life GWS keeping advent learning all the time show your work teaching our own The Wonder Project thirty-one days this bright world what we eat

natural Building

Some links on this website are affiliate links. That simply means I will receive a referral commission if you choose to purchase something through the link. Thanks!

Kortney Garrison © 2021

loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.