Let's talk 'cost of living'

 

Across the news we are hearing the constant beat of the drums complaining about the cost of living.  I don’t mean to diminish those realities, but let’s have some perspective. 

Here are two examples and two of my heroes.

 

Cecil Thomas Brown, my father, was a teenager growing up during the Great Depression and then enlisted in the RCAF and served until war’s end in 1945.  He didn’t know where his next meal would come from or if he would live through the war.  His ‘cost of living’ was to sacrifice his youth and early manhood to serve all of us.

Barclay Newsome, whose name I proudly share, was Cecil’s best friend.  He too grew up through the Great Depression and enlisted with Cec in the RCAF.  As the picture notes, his ‘cost of living’ was a hell of a lot more than a few more dollars at the gas pump.

At this time of year, I am reminded of these two heroes and the thousands…nay millions…whose cost of living is something most of us can never measure.

Thanks boys, we owe you one!