Time flies by. One moment she was a vulnerable little bundle of joy. Another moment she is not so much walking as bounding from one end of the room to the other. Yet another moment she is a bouncing girl with energy to burn. What I love about Abigail is that she is not about […]
Read More What I Love About AbigailA decade. It’s quite the milestone. It is a decade ago that I held a small creature newly released into the world. It was the first time I had ever witnessed the birth of a baby. I recall holding her in my hands and tenderly singing her song in her ear. It’s true what they […]
Read More The Joy Of A Dad37. To be honest I never paid attention to the number. As an age it’s no big deal. It’s not 10 or 16 or 18 or 21 or 25 or 30. It’s not a milestone by any stretch of the imagination. As is my style, though, I sought a degree of importance in the number. It […]
Read More Grateful For … (15)She doesn’t look her age. I remember when we first met over 14 years ago. We sat and talked for a long time. It wasn’t love at first sight, but there was certainly the makings of a beautiful friendship. She liked talking, I liked listening, it was meant to be. As we conversed I was […]
Read More A Birthday Blog For My Beloved Authrine DrydenIt 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 WifeThe 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 MumBetter a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city. (Proverbs 16:32) Acts of physical aggression in the larger scheme of things is relatively easy. After all it tends to be the first course of action when sufficiently agitated. From thiz it can eb stated that it is not the […]
Read More Celebrating Self ControlTwo things to start this entry. In a few short days’ time Dr. Who will celebrate its 50th anniversary. Also it’s my birthday today. Now the connection between the two won’t see me go all fan-loving on Dr. Who. It’s there for a reason. In the latest edition of Dr. Who Magazine, the programme showrunner, […]
Read More A Time For Now To Look Back And Look AheadIt is my Mum’s birthday today. (Feel free to say happy birthday to her. Her name is Gail, but please refer to her as Mama Gail. That is the name she developed through her maternal abilities and of course the title of being the greatest cook on the planet.) Having written two birthday tributes to […]
Read More Perseverance: Lessons From My Mum On Her BirthdayThis 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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