Tag Archives: marriage

Celebrating Our 10,950th

Posted on December 17, 2020 by rossmurray1

I’m writing this on the day of our 30th wedding anniversary. Deb and I were married on December 15, 1990 in Sherbrooke. That wasn’t the original plan. We were living together in Montreal, engaged, and had been gearing up for … Continue reading →

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Yakety Yak (Buy a Kayak)

Posted on August 20, 2020 by rossmurray1

All we wanted, my wife and I, was to while away some summer afternoons on a lake or a river, paddling along, far from our worldly cares and COVID and cats. We just wanted a couple of kayaks. Who knew … Continue reading →

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Not to mention “Daddy’s Home 2”

Posted on November 16, 2017 by rossmurray1

My wife and I recently took advantage of a much-needed getaway weekend, and we did what most couples do when they ditch the kids and the pets and the chores and find themselves alone in a hotel room: we watched … Continue reading →

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Got wood?

Posted on August 24, 2017 by rossmurray1

In the 20-plus years my wife and I have been tent camping, we’ve barely changed our routine. We still pile our kitchen gear in a laundry basket – as portable as it is inefficient. We use grocery bags to transport … Continue reading →

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My baby tolerates me

Posted on December 15, 2015 by rossmurray1

It was not your traditional wedding. It was not the beachfront ceremony we had imagined. The bride wore blue. Her maid of honour was her father. The special guest star was our unborn daughter curled up inside, the size of … Continue reading →

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