It was Sunday 15th June 2003. I was dressed for the part. I made it to the church on time. I was nervous. It was the first time I had been the groom at the wedding. I didn’t know what to do even though we had rehearsed. My best man and I had a brilliant […]
Read More The Day I Married My WifeDifferent things motivate what I write about. I’m delighted to say joy is one of them. It’s worth me recording at the moment what gives me tremendous joy. That is the state of my marriage. My wife is a source of extreme joy to me. She is an amazing woman getting through all she gets […]
Read More What Makes Me Happy PresentlyThe story is straightforward. My Dad met my Mum. They evidently had a good connection together so that when Dad asked Mum to marry him, she said yes. They moved to England and celebrated their union with their first child, a beautiful girl. Not long after that they gave birth to a second child, their first […]
Read More Happy Birthday To My MumThanksgiving is a beautiful thing. Truly a beautiful and wonderful thing. Today has been a great example of that. I have had the privilege of working under a particular organisation over the last year or so. These folks have been brilliant. They’ve helped me experience what it is to be kinda self-employed and working as […]
Read More Celebrating God in the Beauty of OthersI am very grateful to God for journeying mercies. From back in childhood, whenever we travelled in the car from location to the next, there was always gratitude for God allowing us to get to our desired destination. It was not always easy, but the mere fact that we got to where we going was […]
Read More Prayer of Thanks for Journeying MerciesToday we celebrate the birth of the last Dryden child of our marital union – Zoë Anya-Cheryse Dryden. As a deep kinda guy, I attach great significance to the lives of each of my daughters. Their births hold a lot of importance for me due to contextual factors such as the state of my relationship […]
Read More Zoë 3 TodayYesterday I sat in a church service and in advance of today’s celebration there was a tribute given to the mothers among them whether members or not. It was beautiful to see gifts and affection shown for the women who do so much to nurture and care for their children and others as well. It […]
Read More The Marvel of MothersThis is the first chance I’ve had to post my gratitude to God for February. Thank you God for February. It’s a sneeze of a month as you know. One minute it’s the first of February, you sneeze and the month is over. Yet it is a month. A month in which I finish the […]
Read More Dryden Update – March 2013Abigail, is our precious 6 year-old middle daughter. As you can appreciate leaving a place where she was accustomed and had made friends and moving to a strange new place, can be discomforting, traumatic and unnerving. In a previous school she had suffered from some of the effects of the trauma of the new and […]
Read More Celebrating God’s Achievements In Your LifeThis is Deborah Dryden. This is the firstborn offspring of the marital union of Authrine Dryden and myself. Today she celebrates her 8th birthday. Of course 8 is not one of the big birthdays. 1 is a big one. 3 is a big one. 5 is a big one, 7 is a big one, 10 […]
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