There is beauty to be found if we just take the time to look for it. That’s one of the key lessons I’ve learnt from my Dad. Not because he verbalised it, but because he lived it out. He is a very patient guy and that patience wasn’t about inactivity, it was very much about […]
Read More Pursuing Beauty: The Married Life 16 Years OnYou have not left us. You have not abandoned us. We are not neglected. You care and you continue to care every step of the way. Times change, seasons come and go. There are highs and lows, set-backs and successes. In it and through it all you remain faithful. We would not have reached this […]
Read More You Are With Us: A Prayerful ReflectionHello Mum. How are you? I’m doing alright. Authrine is doing really well. The girls are coming along great as well. The two older girls did something significant recently that really was a step towards them taking responsibility for their lives. It was incredible to see, Mum and in a way it made me think […]
Read More MumSummer had already peaked and its decline was evident. Hints of Autumn lurked without ever intruding the last stand of the sunny days. I am not the world’s greatest fan of the summer sun and in those times where it is not as prevalent as it has been, I take hope of the impending season. […]
Read More Zoë Dryden: Remembering New LifeIt occurred to me that apt is probably a shortened way of saying appropriate. The sentiment behind both words are similar – it’s fitting, it’s on point, it’s right for the context. It occurred to me when I was reflecting on life at the moment and how March went. As implicit in the name, March […]
Read More Apt for April: A Dryden UpdateThere is a posture you take when you receive something good without earning it or deserving it. There is a posture. That posture is not indifference. That would suggest that what you have received is not good. It could also suggest that maybe there was an element in which you felt it should have come […]
Read More It Is A PrivilegeIt wasn’t warm, something appeared to be wrong with the radiators in the room. It looked like another job for someone to come out and look at. That should have been the last straw. It would have been if it wasn’t for the article. In it a middle aged man shared the anxiety, depression and […]
Read More One More DayAfter all he did to you, how are you still able to talk to him? How are you even able to talk well about him to others? You had every right to be bitter. It would at least be understandable if you mentioned his name with a painful twinge. Others have told us about the […]
Read More Thanks, Learn and Rejoice“Didn’t I heal ten men? Where are the other nine? Has no one returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?” (Luke 17:17-18) He was passing by. They called out to Him for help. He sent them to some other people. They left and got what they were looking for on the way. He helped […]
Read More Have You Returned?We were talking about the progress she has made since she arrived in the country. What tended to happen was she would mention something and I would help her appreciate just how much more there was to the experience that helped to shape how she’s grown in those years. Sometimes it is in looking at […]
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Life With CD 