laying mountain stone with his trusty wheel barrel
I live next door to my parents, and I often sit on my porch and listen to the birds, watch wildlife, and just enjoy nature. However, I kept hearing a squeaking noise that seemed oddly out of place shortly after I moved into my new home. I finally realized the noise was the wheel of my dad‘s old wheel barrel! While I was building my house, I had a problem in the form of a huge concrete block wall in the front, about 6 feet tall on one corner. I had planned on just having it painted for he time being due to budget constraints, but dad gave me one of the biggest gifts I ever could imagine. He decided he would lay mountain stone on it instead…and not just on that wall, but around all four sides of the foundation of my house!
My dad is now 84 years old as of 2023, and he still plants a garden in the Spring…full of tomatoes, peppers and other goodies. He also has beds full of flowers, such as daylilies, daffodils and tulips…and in the summer, he has lantanas, moss rose, cleomes and petunias…just to name a few.
Well, as time went on, he finished at my house and started his garden at his house. I started listening for the squeak of that wheel barrel each morning so that I would know that my dad felt like getting outside that day and working in his yard and gardens. He has severe arthritis, so I am always relieved when he feels well enough to be outside.
I wanted to write a song about him and that wheel barrel, but I stewed on it for about four years. Finally, I wrote the first part of “He Has a Beautiful Life“ for a Songwriting Contest that Country Superstar and songwriter Lance Carpenter had posted on TikTok in 2022. I did not win, but I loved what I had written so far, and so I completed this song this year (2023). I have posted the link below for your enjoyment on most social media platforms. In my opinion, it is a great Father’s Day song, too.
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