43 Years or 15,695 Days or 376,680 Hours Together – WAHOOO!

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43 Years or 15,695 Days or 376,680 Hours Together – WAHOOO!

It was a warm and sunny day when I awoke on that special day so long ago. When it was ended I was 2200 Miles to the east and fit snugly into my car. The car was filled with Camping equipment and we were headed further east still – to places we have never been before. In fact from that minute on, for the next 43 years, we have constantly been on the go to places that we have never been before.

The journey started in Regina, Saskatchewan that morning and ended that night in Trois Rivieres, Quebec. Then the next night was near Rivieres de Loup and a breezy hillside near the St. Lawrence River. Then it was somewhere in New Brunswick after leaving Gaspe Bay. Next we stopped for a while on Prince Edward Island and then on to the beautiful Cape Breton Island, the furthest East you can go on Nova Scotia.

Neither of us had ever been there before and had no idea of what was around every corner on the highway. We were true tourists in every sense.

Our last night on that journey we stayed in motel, tired of camping and it was raining. The next day we snuggled into our new apartment together with a few precious things we had dragged along with us. One was Alida’s sewing machine that I had carried on to the airplane and lugged through the Montreal Airport all that way.

That special day… the journey started on was 43 years ago today.

In the last 43 years we have lived in Trois Rivieres, Quebec; Fredericton, New Brunswick; Oakville, Ontario; Walkerton, Ontario; Oakville, Ontario; Hong Kong; Oakville, Ontario; Scarborough, Ontario; Yorkton, Saskatchewan; Regina, Saskatchewan; and finally Peterborough, Ontario.

Every one of the 15,695 days we have had together has been an adventure! What a wonderful trip it has been!

Sure we have had some ups and some downs. No couple is ever perfect. We moved from making tons of money and a wonderful future with early retirement to a lesser income and a normal retirement – when I switched from a Business World to the Ministry.

But we are rich beyond all imagination today – 43 years later. We have two wonderful daughters, two wonderful son-in-laws, and six unbelievable Grand Kids! Wahoo!

Today we will celebrate as never before! And we have promised ourselves that each day will be a celebration of our lives together.

Gotta run… I have a celebration to plan for!

Alida Lincoln I LOVE YOU! WAHOOO!  Happy Anniversary!

~ Murray Lincoln ~
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