Goodnight Dad – A Dryden Update

On Friday 11th October 2019, my Dad breathed his last breath.

It’s the first time a member of my immediate family has fallen asleep in this way. It’s a sobering time of reflecting on what Dad meant to me and coming to grips with life after he’s gone. The massive consolation is hte knowledge that my Dad lived for God and finished his life with that hope.

It’s also reassuring to know my Mum has that same confidence in God which is keeping her as she has to live on without her dear husband.

it’s times like this that the song It Is Well With My Soul has words to remind me what kept my Dad going to the end and what can keep me going.

When peace like a river attendeth my way

When sorrow like sea billows rolll,

Whatever my lot

Thou hast taught me to say

It is well, it is well with my soul

I loved Dad and I know my Dad loved me and I’m glad about that. He was my first and most crucial reference point for what it is to be a man. He was a reassuring presence and where other things would be uncertain and up in the air, at night I knew that Dad would be there to say goodnight to. I am grateful for his life.

Goodnight Dad.

(Photo by Lukas Robertson on Unsplash)

For His Name’s Sake

Shalom

C. L. J. Dryden