by Emily Wierenga | Aug 23, 2013 | #TheGlobeandMail, children, Crisis, God, guns, pacifism, peace, peacemaking, refugees, Sammy Yatim, Syria, UN, violence, war
My boys are asleep in the room next-door. They are young enough to believe in magic and tickles. They are young enough to ask me to pray when they get sick. And they’ll always be young to me.via reckless youth instagramBut the world has a way of forgetting... by Emily Wierenga | Nov 9, 2012 | canada, death, grandpa, kill, life, peace, remembrance day, soldiers, tim hortons, war, world war 2
(Grandpa Dow holding Aiden soon after he was born)Dear Grandpa,I thought of you today as I pinned my poppy into the red felt cloth of my coat. The petals and the cloth bleeding together. I was standing in line at Tim Horton’s and they had a basket full of... by Emily Wierenga | Aug 21, 2012 | a deeper story, evil, God, good, pacifism, peace, war, warfare, weapons
“Not only am I a pacifist, I’m a militant pacifist.” (Einstein)A person I know says he’s a pacifist. He, the grandson of a man who fought in World War 2, and of another who fought in the navy, says that if someone were to threaten his family, he would not defend...