Home coming: Our troops Canadian, Dutch, American.

We support our troops, the Dutch, the Canadian, the American and of course all the other ones. But will there be a home coming for them. We support them, we respect them and we honor them. They are our sons and daughters, our fathers and mothers, our brothers and sisters and our friends. They did not choose war. I once asked why one of them joined the army and he said: Because I choose for peace. Which I thought was a remarkable answer.

The other day I was talking to a friend who just came back from a trip half around the world and knows what is going on in the world, but who really is not "touched" by what is going on in Afghanistan and Iraq. It made me think that people who do not know anyone in the army being over there, do they really think about this war? Do they care? Or is it just too far away and not effecting their life anyway? Do they realize that for a lot of them there is no home-coming anymore?

I think it is important that we all care.

Our parents lived World War II. They went through it, fought for our freedom, had horrible experiences and survived. Many of them with scars for life. We can never forget that.My dad would never talk about it, but we always sensed and knew how much he appreciated everything in his life. He took nothing for granted and enjoyed every moment. Respect was very important to him, respect for each other.

Maybe we can start with that?

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