Vigil

We watched the moving service from Westminster Abbey by the light of a candle made by Jake. No words of mine could possibly match the verses and readings we have heard tonight. Words by poets and soldiers and readings from the bible, beautifully spoken as the candles throughout the Abbey were gradually extinguished. We were transported back 100 years to the start of The Great War.

I thought about my grandfather who survived when his ship was torpedoed. I thought about all the wars that have happened in the past 100 years and are still happening today. And I thought about our dear German friends Susan and Jurgen who also remember the second world war as we do. I'm pleased we can be friends.