It has not always been easy to leave well. There have been some partings of the way that have been messy and acrimonious. There have been burnt bridges and soured relations which has lead to the end of some affairs. Of late, however, I’ve been delighted with the impression my wife and daughters have made […]
Read More Bletchley Lessons: Leave WellA friend said that good people are hard to find. Once they’re found it’s important to nourish that relationship. It’s not as though adversity was unusual before Bletchley, or that adversity in Bletchley was that much more overwhelming than on previous occasions. It’s just that the importance of good friends emerged even greater than before […]
Read More Bletchley Lessons: Adversity Helps You Know Your Real Friends(For more on Bletchley Lessons read the intro) Life in Stoke-on-Trent was full of people and their business. There was hardly a moment where others were not involved and it could get stifling at times. Leaving Stoke-on-Trent suddenly thrust us into a very different kind of existence. Moving to Bletchley and our time here has […]
Read More Bletchley Lessons: Never AloneI’m not what I want to be, but thank God I’m not what I used to be. I have heard that line and variations of it for quite some time now. It can get so familiar that it loses its significance and can be somewhat cliche. Thankfully every now and then things happen to actually […]
Read More The Gospel: What Has Changed and What Is Changing?It came to me when I woke up this morning. First of all it was the tune. There have been quite a few versions of the song, but the one that was fresh in my mind because it was the one that I had listened to most often was the one by Michael McDonald and […]
Read More Stop, Look and Listen To God’s HeartEvery day I am in a place to realise there is so much more to learn about love. Sure, love is about giving, yet the whole thing about it is what to give and how to give it. When it comes to long term relationships, I cannot afford to rest on what was done in […]
Read More Living to Love and Learning to LoveI have blogged about my brother, David on a few occasions. I won’t link to them, take my word for it, or search the blog for ‘David Dryden’ for yourself. For the time being I just to note for the record the huge amount of gratitude and admiration I have for him. I have been […]
Read More For The Record: Letting Brother Love ContinueOctober is a significant month for the Dryden family. It’s my brother’s birthday this week and the day after that a highly cherished and valued friend of the family (making them family) also celebrates a birthday. So that’s significant in itself. Also October kicks off the final quarter of the year. Nights draw in, temperatures […]
Read More A Love Medley with a Dryden UpdateI love Stevie Wonder, as in I love what the man has done in music and all of that stuff. The man is a genius as far as I’m concerned. Got to be honest with you, though. I actually prefer JPK’s version of this song than the one he placed on his huge Songs in […]
Read More DMCD Songs: Love’s In Need – John P. KeeRemind me to tell you of the remarkable story of my wife, her son and my surname. Fascinating stuff, and it’s a true story too. In the meantime all you need to know is that my beloved wife has an equally precious and highly valued son. Indeed to date he is the only son from […]
Read More Appreciating Family In Ever Changing Times
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