Ode to women

Dear Editor:

You printed a missive of mine extolling the virtues of our beloved men. Now I want to include women.

My favourite tribute is the following by Victor Hugo.

“She broke the bread into two fragments and gave them to her children, who ate them with eagerness.

“‘She hath kept none for herself,’ grumbled the sergeant.

“‘Because she is not hungry,” said a soldier.

“‘No,’ said the sergeant, ‘because she is a mother.’”

Also, God bless John McCrae, author of my favourite Remembrance Day poem.

Dori Steele, Fergus