Anzac Day morning here and without fail I feel the heaviness of the day.
Both my grandfathers were involved in WW2, not Anzacs, but the impact of their involvement was truly felt.
One died, I believe he was executed. The other was a prisoner of war who came back with PTSD and a view of life that he passed on to his children who passed it on to their children.
Through him I learned frugality. To take only what you can eat and eat everything you have taken.
It gave me a glimpse of what his life was back then, and the trauma he went through for him to carry that over for the rest of his life.
I often wondered what my life would have been like if he never went through what he did. I wondered what my Dad's life would have been like if he grew up knowing his father?
How different everything would have been.
Would I even exist now?
For those who leave never to return.
For those who return but are never the same.
We will remember.
Many don't realise that the scars from these massive conflicts can be carried for many generations to come.
Lest we forget.
Absolutely 💔
Lest we forget.
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A beautiful reminder. Lest we forget. <3
My foster-dad, grandfather, and 3 great-uncles served in the Second World War as well. Dad was wounded and also had PTSD. We should never forget the great women and men of that generation both in and out of uniform that suffered so much.
Lest we forget.
❤ Lest we forget @sgt-dan.
The effects of war is indeed far reaching.
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