No Real Estate on Remembrance Day

It is always a proud moment to be a Canadian in November, especially when you see a young child wearing a poppy and they can tell you the symbolism of it and how poppies once grew in Flanders where countless lives were lost there during WWI. With all of the violence and uprisings taking place throughout the world today, it certainly seems that having 2 minutes of silence to show gratitude for our country is a small act that we can each do.
We can be thankful for the opportunity to own real estate. As mentioned in other newsletters, up until 2011, Cubans were not allowed to own real estate and the government owned all of the land. We can be thankful that our laws protect us from ethnic discrimination as thousands of people have lost their homes simply because they were of an ethnicity that their government did not find favor with. We can be thankful that we can live in our home with a sense of safety – we do not have to worry about a militant group breaking down our doors in the middle of the night. We can be thankful for the opportunity to speak out about political issues and candidates we support (or in some cases, disagree with) about the opportunity to vote.
Our office will be closed on November 11th so that our RE/MAX of Nanaimo staff, realtors and their families can stand in silence and be thankful for all that we have. Our team will proudly wear our poppies as a symbol of our love for Canada, and as a symbol for the gratitude we have for all of the men and women that have died in an effort to make Canada the best country in the world.
In closing, we thought that we would share with you the “In Flanders Fields” poem that so many of us grew up reciting each Remembrance Day.

“In Flanders Fields”
by John McCrae, May 1915
by John McCrae, May 1915
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
With gratitude,
Brian & Myles McCullough and Kiel Lukaniuk
www.mmshomes.com
McCullough Marketing Services
RE/MAX of Nanaimo
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