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express my worldly experience on you again, but you have to know that you guys have been raised differently than most children around the world. We were blessed to live in a prosperous and safe country, one that wasn’t caught up in war, political turmoil, or overrun with crime, sickness or famine.
    Your mom and I . . . we’ve given you everything we could to make you safe and happy, to prepare you for the future, and we never, not for a moment, thought that all of that would change in a matter of a few short days. That’s all changed. Now we have to be on guard. People that weren’t bad when the police were around, will now do things they wouldn’t normally do. Bad things will happen. Bad people will come here. Everything we knew about transportation, communication, law and order, everything . . . even the simple things like shopping for foodand clothes, and eating at restaurants . . . all of it has changed. And if we’re going to survive, we have to adapt to the change.
    Now we don’t change who we are. We continue to hold on to our Christian values, but we have to be alert and cautious to danger and unexpected threats. We can’t blindly expose ourselves to the bad people.” John paused and cleared his throat before continuing. “As food and water become more and more scarce, we may have to live in the shelter, at least until the worst of the desperate people move on. But I seriously hope it doesn’t come to that. It won’t be fun living in the shelter. Anyway, I just wanted you guys to understand that we’re not changing, we’re adapting to the change in order to survive.”
    John saw tears running down Abby’s cheeks, and he was forced to check his own emotions. He hated seeing his children hurt or upset. It made him feel weak and vulnerable. It made him want to strike out, to curse God for bringing the disaster upon them, but he knew God was the wrong target of his anger and frustration. He couldn’t be angry with God, not when he thought it was God who put him on the path to preparedness in the first place, not when it was God who communicated with him through his dreams, and provided him with a spiritual guide. No, it was God that gave him a purpose. He would not curse God, not today, not ever.
    John rubbed his eyes and looked at Adam, who sat resolute, determined not to show any emotion like his sister.
Just like me
, thought John. “I don’t want to talk about what might have happened if that assho . . . sorry, if that man somehow made his way into our house. But from now on, we must assume that anyone who comes to our front door is a potential threat. We don’t treat people rudely, but we remain ready and alert. If someone is a threat, to any of you, then I will use deadly force. I will protect you guys with my life.”
    John looked at Adam and said, “It might have seemed awesome to kick that man off the patio, but it could have happened very differently. I didn’t shoot battery guy . . . only threaten him. For some people that’s enough to push them away, but not for others. Some would seemy mercy as a sign of weakness and look to take revenge. That’s why we have to be careful. Anger has a way of clouding a person’s better judgment. That’s what I want us to prepare for, the angry, desperate people who will want to hurt us and take what we have.”
    “Do you think that guy will seek revenge?” asked Jenna.
    “I don’t know, but anyone stupid enough to try and force entry into our house is capable of doing countless other stupid things. I don’t think we’ve seen the last of that guy,” replied John.
    “You should have shot him, dad,” said Adam.
    “You don’t mean that, Adam. I won’t kill someone for the sake of killing, even if it’s a man that acts like an animal, unless it’s absolutely necessary. Besides, the time to kill always seems to declare itself, Adam, it always does. And you will know it, too, when the time is right. You don’t kill unless you have to, and I