All praises to the most high for our new addition. This was the most wholesome yet rewarding and humbling experience. I am forever thankful to my resilient wife for being a superhero. Our Prince is here and arrived in grand style on his Grandma’s birthday. 25/03/2025 👑
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At exactly 5:56pm on March 25th, 2025, time stood still when God placed the most perfect gift in our hands, Jidenna… “Hold on to your Father.” In what felt like just 2½ pushes, you arrived, and I stood there completely overwhelmed… not just by you, but by the incredible strength and resilience of your mother. It was powerful. It was beautiful. It was love in its purest form. And as if heaven wanted to write an even sweeter story, you came on your grandmother’s birthday. A day I truly believe she prayed into existence. A reminder that some blessings are spoken long before they arrive.
Since that moment, Jidenna, you have been our joy in human form. Every smile, every milestone, every little sound you make fills my heart in ways I never knew were possible. You are the calm after my storms… the peace that meets me at the end of hard days… the light that gently breaks through even my darkest moments.
Truthfully, Daddy hasn’t been his best lately. Grief and loss have weighed heavily on me in ways I’m still learning to carry. Many days I didn’t feel like I could carry on. But you remind me, every single day, that life is still worth showing up for. That I can keep going—and that I must.
And for that, I’m sorry… sorry for the moments I’ve been distant, for the times I forgot that you are not just my son, but my gift. God gave me to you just as much as He gave you to me—right on time, exactly when we needed each other most.
When I look at you, I sometimes see your grandfather staring back at me. In your face, in your presence… he lives on. And while it makes healing harder at times, it also brings a quiet comfort. Because I know he’s watching over you, guiding you, protecting you every step of the way.
My prayer for you, my son, is simple—That you grow to be kind in a world that needs more gentleness. That you become dependable, a man others can lean on.That you rise as a blessing to your generation, walking boldly in purpose and love.
Happy 1st birthday, Jiddy Boy. God bless you, my GOOD SON… my Ebubennam. ❤️
Dear ABBA,
Thank You for the gift of Jidenna our beloved son. He has filled our lives with a love we didn’t even know we were capable of carrying.
Our hearts overflow with gratitude, because this past year has been nothing short of Your grace in motion. In every smile, every milestone, every breath; we have seen You.
You knew him before he was formed. Before we ever held him, You did. Before we ever called his name, You spoke it. You saw every tear, heard every silent cry, and in Your perfect love, You answered us.
You carried us through it all; through the waiting, the hoping, the stretching, the unknown.
Jidenna is Yours. He has always been Yours. We are only stewards of this beautiful life You have so graciously placed in our hands.
As he steps into this new chapter, walk with him, ABBA. Hold his hand through every season. Let his heart always find its way back to You.
Help us to love him well, to guide him gently, to raise him in Your truth, and to always point him back to You.
Forever grateful ❤️❤️
