ADBC: 14 – Law, Love and Liverpool

This is another entry in the ongoing blog conversation with the better brother of our sisters, David. Here’s the premise. Previously in the conversation: What it is with David, you see, is that he knows that not everything is straightforward. There are a number of things in life that are complex and require wholesale changes […]

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She’s Copying Me

Another entry inspired by the goings on of the Dryden Family. Deborah is 7 and Abigail is 6.  The closeness in age has advantages, they are fiercely protective of each other to outsiders and are genuinely caring and generous girls.  (Yeah they get it from their mother!)  However as with all sibling issues there can […]

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Spending Time

My poor family. My loving, devoted wife informed me that it is hard living with me.  I informed her that I absolutely agreed, and now she has some idea of what I have to put up with every minute of my life. One of the areas that this difficulty manifests itself is in spending quality […]

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In The Beginning

I love my daughters.  One of the things I love doing is sharing with them a little story before they pray and go to sleep.  I don’t always read from a book, sometimes I enjoy making up stories for them to get involved with and engage with.  Deborah as the oldest is getting into them […]

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Being Dad

When I read back on some of the things I’ve said in this blog, I recognise that I can run the risk of sounding rather pompous, long-winded, pious and talking out of particular orifice not created for conversation. I really don’t take myself too seriously though, however ‘deep’ or ‘heavy’ some of these posts tend […]

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