Dear Seyram,

My dear future husband, I haven’t met you yet but I call you Seyram. I don’t know why I want to call you so, but I kind of love the sound of  ‘Seyram’ on my tongue.

So what are you doing right now? Teaching in a classroom, transacting business in a banking hall, having lunch, kayaking down River Zambezi? (not too wild an idea, I hope!)

But wherever you are, you sure seem to be hiding yourself well. Don’t you think you’ve hidden yourself for far too long? (hahaha). Because I think of you. A lot. And I wonder when and where we’re going to meet. Will I bump into you on the street (like it happens in movies?). Will I meet you at church? On a VIP bus? At a funeral? (love matches happen there too…lol).

Do I know you already or you will be a complete stranger? I wish I had you now – to laugh with, to talk with, to plan with, to pray with. Do you think about me too? Do you imagine that you would end up with someone like me?

What do you love? Do you love football? If you do, I hope you are a Real Madrid fan, so we can wear identical Madrid T-shirts (a bit silly of me, I know). But if you are a Barcelona fan, let me look on the bright side and say that I think it will make our home more interesting!

Do you love music? It would be nice if you play an instrument or sing, because I also sing, so we can form a duo and sing together…think how romantic that would be. Who knows, we may even make some money out of it (multiple streams of income on my mind…lol.) But even if you can’t carry a tune or your key can’t be found on a keyboard, I’ll still love you all the same. If God can enjoy your voice, so can I!

Are you an introvert or extrovert? Do you love to eat or you dine on salad and bread? Lol.

What are your hopes? What are your dreams? What are your fears? I trust that I would encourage you on your journey. I want to be your number one cheerleader, the one you can always come home to and find as a safe haven. And as fallible as we all are, I trust we would learn to extend grace to each other when we make mistakes.

Today, I heard the story of a married man who was upset because he thinks his wife has taken him “somewhere” as he can’t seem to be able to cheat on her anymore, and I prayed. I prayed that you would uphold fidelity. I prayed that you would love God and fear Him such that you will by His grace, choose to live out our wedding vows. And I prayed that same prayer for myself. Purity before marriage, fidelity within it – won’t be easy but it would be definitely worth it.

So here I am, keeping myself for you and trusting that I would meet you soon. I don’t have you yet but one thing I know, is that you are a good man. And good men when found, must be treasured.

So my treasured Seyram, till we meet, may God keep you safe.

Love,

Ohemaa

PS: My birthday is coming soon…any chance that I will get to celebrate it with you? Hahahaa.

By: Akua Agyeman-Ampromfi
Singer, avid reader (Readers’ Digest addict),
writer, administrator, food lover,
and a passionate lover of God’s work.