Liberation Day
Hello stampers and happy Wednesday. Today there will be no “real” blog post. In a short while we will be getting in the car and driving two hours north to Holten which is the site of a huge war cemetery honouring Canadian soldiers. Today it is the 77th anniversary of the Liberation of the Netherlands. Due to COVID19 there is still no official celebration which is so sad.
Liberation Day in Holten
I am going to see what the opportunities are for giving out cards and books to veterans and their families. Two years ago you joined me in a poppy campaign and made cards with our poppy stamp sets and I even bought a bunch of notebooks so that people could write their stories and share them with other survivors. Sadly I did not remember to take those with me. I really didn’t think there would be an opportunity to give them to the right people so today will be a sleuthing mission.
If you want to see what I had intended to give, check out this blog post.
It looks like the visitor information centre is not open due to COVID19 but here is their website if you want to check it out.
Mindful Gratitude
I am so blessed to be able to be in Holland with Gerard and have relative freedom to travel within the country. Last night we watched the Dutch movie “Soldaat van Oranje” which is based on a true story about a Dutch university student who joined the resistance and fled to England across the Channel so that he could become a pilot for the Allies It was a powerful reminder of what people went through in occupied Holland. Today I will be especially mindful and grateful that we live in peace. Here is another blog post that I hope you will read on this subject.
A fellow Dutch demonstrator sent me this. Thank you Angelique Aupperlee. It translates as such: We who live honour the dead who honoured us with their lives.”
Thanks for joining me today, I hope you have a super day and take a few moments to be truly grateful for your freedom. I know that with a COVID lockdown it doesn’t feel very free but it is still so much better than what our ancestors had to deal with.
