Most commemorative benches, picnic tables and other pieces of public furniture are dedicated to people only after they’re gone. Most are in loving memory of the dearly departed, not the happily here.
This is a love story, one that goes back to 1942 when Harry and Beryl Borris got married in Winnipeg.
“It was just a magical place for us,” daughter Cheryl says of growing up on that stretch of waterfront. By that point the plaque-makers were getting a little tuckered. “How many of these are there going to be?” they asked Daphne.By that point there were also plaques dedicated to birthdays: Harry’s 90th in 2011, Beryl’s 90th in 2012, plus 95th markers for both him and her. Another plaque — the tenth in total — was attached when she turned 100 this July: “Beryl Amy Borris, celebrating a century!”
Why wait until the people we care about are gone? Why not celebrate them when they’re around to get the message?
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