Today is Remembrance Day. A day to honor and give thanks to our soldiers. As I sit here and write this, I could not help but to think of the mothers who have lost their sons, the wives who have lost their husbands, sisters who have lost their brothers, friends who have lost their friends, grandparents who have lost their grandchildren. I think of the young children who have lost their father, their mother, their sister, their brother, their favorite uncle or beloved aunt. I think of the wives and the husbands who are separated by war. I give my utmost respect and heartfelt gratitude for our soldiers sacrifices and my prayers to their families for their courage for enduring the pain and sorrow of having a love one being far away knowing that their love one is in a dangerous situation.

I look at my three sons and could not imagine how unbearable it would be if any one of them is harmed. But they are safe here with me. We are safe because you have made your honorable sacrifice and I as a mother wishes to raise my three boys well so that their well-being will contribute to the betterment of this country, so that they may live well and that your sacrifice will not vanish in vain.

Thank you our dear brave soldiers. We honor you, we salute you, we remember you.