A Pittance Of Time

[WaltC]

Remember those who died.....

[MartyT]

My dear Walt,

I just took two minutes to listen to this very moving song, and I thank you so much for bringing it to all of us, on this Veterans Day. "In peace may they rest, lest we forget why they died." Beautiful. To encourage others to go listen, too, here is the back story for the song, from the YouTube site:

On November 11, 1999 Terry Kelly was in a Shoppers Drug Mart store in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. At 10:55 AM an announcement came over the store's PA asking customers who would still be on the premises at 11:00 AM to give two minutes of silence in respect to the veterans who have sacrificed so much for us.

Terry was impressed with the store's leadership role in adopting the Legion's "two minutes of silence" initiative. He felt that the store's contribution of educating the public to the importance of remembering was commendable.

When eleven o'clock arrived on that day, an announcement was again made asking for the "two minutes of silence" to commence. All customers, with the exception of a man who was accompanied by his young child, showed their respect.

Terry's anger towards the father for trying to engage the store's clerk in conversation and for setting a bad example for his child was later channeled into a beautiful piece of work called, "A Pittance of Time". Terry later recorded "A Pittance of Time" and included it on his full-length music CD, "The Power of the Dream".

[marsha]

Thank you, Walt - I honor all those who have died serving this country, for us. I honor my Joe (Navy, Vietnam era), my father in law (WWII), and my nephew (Iraq) - Hugs, Marsha

[kath]

Simply beautiful, Walt. Thanks for sharing.

Kath

[PaulaB.]

Walt,

Thank you for sharing this. My family goes way, way back all the way to the Revolutionary War. Between my family and my related family we have not missed being in a single war for freedom! Paula

[Korina]

Thank you, Walt. This time tears for others.

Korina