In the last entry, Nelson listed 34 items a father should teach his son. Today he adds seven rules of his own.

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October 4, 2022

And a few of my own:

• Have a real relationship with God; don’t try to piggyback on someone else’s, especially not your woman’s. In the end it will mean everything.
• Don’t carry a gun unless you know how to use it.
• Be humble, no grumble.
• Tip generously.
• Wake up every day before your family, and pray for them.
• Throw away your TV.
• Write down your dreams. I like that one. I would add, And speak them out, at least to yourself and God. I have seen them come true more than once, when I have done that without even realizing it.

5:30 pm

Today was the day we found out our house would close on schedule and we would get the financing! It was huge news to us, because we’ve been waiting on that and jumping through all sorts of hoops for months in this journey.

Thank you Lord for making dreams come true! We asked you to do it without any help from anyone co-signing or taking the burden from us. We wanted to get the loan for ourselves and not with the help of man. We wanted to do this as a couple, a little family, just us and you Lord. And this is the proof that you can fight our battles for us.

Thank you for making that dream a reality. I definitely had my doubts. I thank you for being able to try and get off this morphine, too. It’s a battle because I have these break-through tablets and have been cutting off the slow release pills, but it’s hard not to want to take the break-through pills. So far, I’ve been doing it. Coming off this stuff feels like a fever and a flu mixed together into one.

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“With God, all things are possible.” (Matthew 19:26)