September 22,2025 began a graceful maturation in me - Andrew Elmore Jackson III - that only God could see. On this day I closed on the sale of my Old Hickory Home, beginning my sabbatical to take time to love Family and First and Foremost - Love Me! This was set to be my time to see more of the world and reconnect with my families from my Life journeys. ( I began in Tennessee, then to Italy, returned to the United States for Alabama, Georgia, Maryland, Dc and again to Tennessee )
It is now August 23, 2026 and I am set to close on my new foundation on September 15, 2026 in Springfield,Tn.
Before heading to Nashville in January 2026, I had lunch in Baltimore with my Father, Andrew Elmore Jackson Jr. ( The man I share a Birthday with and whom I have a little resentment for on this lunch date ) This would become the most influential lunch I could ever imagine in my Life. For those that know me might say I see the human in all of us and I would agree BUT there was one person I Love, Dig, Respect, ( and named after ), etc…that I didn’t give that Grace to and Yes - that was my Father - Andrew Elmore Jackson Jr.
I would always speak of my Father’s Triumphs and Victories of being sober for 34 Years BUT in my praise of him there was always the resentment ( BUT you did it for them, not for us, BUT you committed to her and not to ours, etc… )
During this lunch that began to feel more like a fellowship between “The Father and the Son”, my Father began sharing feelings and stories with me that he never did before. And for the ones he did share with me in the past, my Father supplied more detail to them. I was in awe of his precise delivery and his comfort sharing with me while having immense gratitude for it all! I was experiencing great JOY in our conversations. I said to my Father that we have never had conversations like this before and he simply responded, “because I Trust you Son.”
As my Father continued to share, he stated ( in his many soliloquies :) ) “I’m an Addict Son.”
At that exact moment, my RESENTMENTS erased from my Heart and Soul. I beautifully saw my Father as an Human Being. Note - I’ve known my Father to be an addict for more than the 34 years he’s been clean.
It’s taken 53 years and 4 1/2 months to see my Father as my “Human Father on Earth”. Ever since that day of Acknowledgement, my Human Father has been another vessel teaching me more and more about our Heavenly Father. I Hear my Human Father more and more clear while continuing to feel the Holy Spirit (my Mother ) more and more in my everyday like never before.
My Human Father has the Greatest Faith I’ve witnessed thus far. That’s why I say Hallelujah!!! Because in the midst of finding out my Human Father has Stage 4 Lung Cancer, I know that Our Heavenly Father is Able and is using my Human Father as an example of God’s Faithfulness for Us here on Earth. ( Please let me Breathe on that for a moment… ) This has been my “play” on words ever since…
“From the Father, to the Father, to the Son and the Holy Spirit ( my Mother ), I say Amen, Amen, AMEN!”
