Nelson is feeling OK on this day. Not great, but OK. He’s trying to cut down on taking opiates, fearful of addiction, but doctors have told him he should take what he needs, that they can work on lessening the meds later. It made me wonder if maybe there wasn’t going to be a “later.”
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October 15, 2022
Mom is here and said she was enjoying the time with me. I agree. Tonight we’re going up to Luke’s place [80 miles] for his birthday. Maybe catch a little of Karl’s soccer game, then a dinner.
Luke called me last night to “let me off the hook” if I didn’t feel up for it, but I think we should just go forward with it. I take a couple morphine tablets before stuff like that, and it makes all the difference in the world. Seems like cheating a little.
It doesn’t matter if I feel a little under the weather at home, but to feel bad sitting at someone’s dinner table while you’re trying to talk to them, it becomes more difficult to feel “up for it.”
I’m listening to some old school Elvis this morning. Makes me wonder why I don’t do it more often. “Don’t Think Twice. It’s Alright.” I have Papa to thank for the exposure I had to Willy Nelson, Elvis, Johnny Cash, and some of the other classics.
I remember the 8 track tapes all over the floor of his Cadillacs when I was about 5. That would have made him about 32 years old. Thank you Lord for the parents I had, for the great upbringing we had, for the Peterson family [my sister Mary’s family] being so close to us. Not many people had childhoods like ours.
It’s hard to start off so strong, because everything after that seems like a step backwards. But now, I have nothing but gratitude for the life I have. It’s unpredictable, Lord, and you are constantly surprising me.
Having deadly cancer and living in Rochester, Minnesota, is hardly something I could have predicted in a million years. I’m thankful for our house, and for being able to have a little money left over to decorate it, making it our own.
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“Your ears shall hear….‘This is the way. Walk in it.’ ” (Isaiah 30:21)
All those artists always make me think of Nelson when I hear them. Music was always around him, and I know because of Nelson I grew a deeper appreciation and love of music. Kris Kristofferson is another one that triggers memories of Nelson. Loved his love of music!