Today is Remembrance Day
in Commonwealth countries.
It is
Veterans Day in the U.S.
There are debates waging
over whether or not we should celebrate war.
I think these individuals miss the point.
What I think about today
isn’t war.
I think about
belief and sacrifice and passion.
These veterans BELIEVED in something.
They believed so strongly in that something,
they were willing
to make the ultimate sacrifice
and die for that belief.
They were so passionate about that belief,
they spent days, weeks, months,
away from loved ones,
fighting in muddy trenches.
When I complain about lack of sleep
during an editing binge
(like now)
or tight deadlines
or how I haven’t seen my loved ones in days,
I think of these veterans.