November 11, Remembrance Day

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.

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.

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.

On November 11, we remember the soldiers who fought for our country, who were wounded for our country and who died for our country.  We remember the sacrifices they made, mental and physical and the toll the wars our soldiers fought in took on our communities, our families, our country and our world. 

In 1918, Sir Frederick Banting (1891-1941), one of the co-discoverers of Insulin, fought for Canada in Cambrai during World War 1.

He died defending our country in the Second World War, in February, 1941.  Today, with the Canadian Diabetes Association, I pay homage to our hero, the man who helped make this disease easier to manage.