Remembrance Day is the string around my finger that reminds me to meditate on all of the people—here and gone—that I love.

WHAT NOT TO MISS | What’s your favourite holiday? Christmas, Easter, Halloween? Mine’s Remembrance Day. I love it because it’s a plain day with nothing to buy and no baggage like costumes, candy, cards, parties or gifts. I love that it’s a cultural unifier, and about honour and sacrifice and all sorts of other things that are so much bigger than me. Read more