Wednesday, May 16, 2012

True Colours - Silver

This week's challenge was to find something miniature in silver and tell a story about it. I have a little silver horse on my computer that was given to me by my youngest sister as a Christmas gift but I didn't think that made much of story.

So I decided to use a silver pin that I have from the Canadian War Museum. Not long after the museum opened, my parents came to Ottawa for a visit. My Mum was already dealing with Parkinson's. She tired easily and had difficulty walking so she decided to stay home while my Dad, my nephew, and I headed down for a visit to the War Museum. I had been told that the museum had a program for veterans so I asked at the desk if there was a discount for former members of the military. It turned out that former members of the Canadian Forces and up to two escorts were given free admission to the museum.  I thought that was a nice gesture to give free admission not only to the veteran but also to the family or friends that accompanied them.


I thought there would be other visits to the museum with my Dad but this was our first and only visit together. It will be a year at the end of the month since he passed away. Maybe it's time for a another visit to the War Museum or perhaps the Aviation Museum.

The pin above is only one of many that I have from places I had visited. I'm sure there are others that would bring back a memory of my Dad.

9 comments:

  1. What a wonderful story and I love all the pins you have collected. Thank you so much for sharing

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  2. What a wonderful story!

    Love ya lots,
    Mitch and Molly

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  3. Oh, I love all your pins. Precious memory of time spent with your Dad.

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  4. I love your collection, and what a sweet memory of your dad!

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  5. What a good story & how great that Canada remembers its Vetrons @ the museum.
    Family memories are precious, oddly enough my post is about my mother!

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  6. PS - forgot to ask how Keltic is doing - such a cute puppy.

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  7. Re you saying you lived briefly in Kineton, my mother was there briefly too. She was in the ATS [Womens Army] & as a Corporal was stationed there during the 2nd World War before moving to Leamington Spa as head cook in house requisitioned for Officiers!

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  8. Love your story behind the pin, Mommy lost her dad over 10 years ago so, she knows how precious memories can be. It's good to have little reminders of happy times together. Oh, and we could identify your Mickey Mouse pin near the top of the pin display but couldn't figure out the other pins -- Hooray for Mickey Mouse! (Mommy is such a kid at heart!)

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  9. Thanks for writing us back about the pins! Love how you have all the character pins together! Also, love the nicknames you told us about. We like Gator-mouth, Alf, and Keltie the Sheltie. Love Keltie the Sheltie the best!

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