We didn't make it to any of the ANZAC services yesterday. PB was on the breakfast shift at work and I wasn't brave enough to take the babe to such a big event alone, especially seeing as we've both still got the sniffles.
I've been reading all of your ANZAC Day posts and thinking about what it means to me, as although I've grown up here my ancestry is Polish. There are so many stories that I've been told about what War was like for my family. My mum even remembers being a wee girl at the end of WW2 watching my grandad and uncles trying to defend their farm from German soldiers.
So as well as thinking about all of the Australians and New Zealanders that served our country, the grandparents and great-grandparents of the people around me now, I also think about my own family and how hard it must have been for them, and the bravery of my parents to leave their loved ones behind to give me a better life.
(Image: my uncle on the farm during the 1940s)
it's good to remember the sacrifices of our family, for sure. I didn't even know what ANZAC day was until reading your post. Thanks for teaching me something new.
ReplyDeleteYour post gave me goose bumps. How meaningful that we can all stand together and reflect on the sacrifices of our forebears and those sacrifices still being made today. It really makes you pause for thought.
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Whereabouts in Poland is your family from? I spent 2.5 years living in Ukraine and had some friends who were from the west of Ukraine - in fact, their town was part of Poland until WWII. I went out to the west once - Lviv or Lwow as it's known in Polish - and visited some towns around there. It was so peaceful and beautiful. One town, Zhovkva, now in Ukraine, used to be a former seat of a Polish Prince or King...
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I hope you guys shift that sniffle soon.
Like Christina, reading your family's story gave me goosebumps.
ReplyDeleteIncredible the turmoil that families endure. I can't even imagine having to live and fight during those times - it's horrific.
I love this photo, it says so much - the perfectly tailored jacket, the beautiful horse.
What a beautiful post.
Thanks for posting your family history.....the sacrifices made are so admirable x
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