Pocketful of Memory Cards

On March 1st, Hubby and I will celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary by watching the sun set from the patio of The Beach House restaurant in Poipu, Kauai. This past weekend I collected some photos to chronicle our romance that began June 9th, 1984.  I feel so lucky to have this man as my life partner and the father of our amazing children.  I can't imagine where I'd be without him.  I am eternally grateful for him and whatever gods, angels, twist of fate, or fortune cookie brought him into my life. June 9, 1984 - Guelph Ontario   March 1, 1986 - Whitby Ontario October 1986 - U of G December 1987 - Saanich BC August 1988 - Saanich BC December 1990 - Whitby Ontario December 1992 -  Peterborough Ontario July 1993 - a cabin in the Kawarthas, Ontario July 1995 - Oak Lake Ontario 1997 ish - Kelowna 2000 ish - Kelowna  2002 ish - Kelowna 2003 - Whistler January 2005 - St. Maarten ...

I recently came across this Laura Miller quote: The first book we fall in love with shapes us every bit as much as the first person we fall in love with.   I really don’t remember the first book I fell in love with but my favourite childhood book was “ Go, Dog. Go !”  For the uninitiated, it's a "Beginner Book" about a bunch of dogs, meant to teach kids about colours, numbers and opposites.  Several times through the story, a stylish poodle and a beagle-ish dog cross paths.   Each time they meet, the poodle asks the beagle “Do you like my hat?”.  Each time he says he does not.  Each time they part unhappily until their final meeting, when she is wearing a very impractical hat.  It’s more of a basket really, piled with candy canes, a dog bone, fishing rods with objects dangling from it’s hooks... there’s even a potted plant.   “Now do you like my hat?” she asks. He replies, “I do, I do, I like that party hat.”   And...

In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick is to find, and continue to find, grounds for marriage. –  Robert Anderson We're all a little weird, and life's a little weird. And when we find someone  whose weirdness is compatible  with ours, we join up with them  and fall in mutual weirdness and call it LOVE. -Dr. Seuss The photo at the top of page was taken circa 1984. When I came across it recently, I knew I had to re-create it for our next anniversary.  Today we've been married for twenty seven years. The regulars in the crowd won't be surprised that my husband still owns a shirt he wore almost thirty years ago.  He figures he's had it since 1980 and when we were preparing for the photograph the other  night, he told me he wants to be wearing it when he's "popped in the oven".  I have a feeling it may survive cremation. I'm sure the sweater in t...

To the person who felt their wish was selfish, I'd like to let them know that in my opinion wishing for something that will make you happy makes other people happy too ...and that's the opposite of selfish.