I've never been one to glorify war, but Anzac Day has always held a special place in my heart. Being a trumpet player, I've played The Last Post and The Rouse at many a service, starting from early high school. It's my way of helping honour the past, in particular my great-grandfather - my Dad's favourite "Pop" who served in the first and second world wars. This year however, reading a little bit more into it. While we were in lockdown for Anzac Day last year, I never imagined a year later we would still be fighting this virus and in another lockdown, but there's a lot that's happened over the past year + that I never expected. Our ancestors risked and sacrificed their lives so that we could have better lives. We're lucky enough to live lives they never could have imagined in their wildest dreams. But we as humans have a tendency to forget, or maybe fail to appreciate how good some of us have it. Pop lied about his age to be older so he could enl...
An Aussie gal in Canada, on an adventure of style, mental health, and everything else!