{"id":1755,"date":"2017-12-22T01:00:56","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T07:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.psalmscountdown.net\/?p=1755"},"modified":"2018-03-05T10:44:24","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T16:44:24","slug":"song-001-3-4-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psalmscountdown.net\/?p=1755","title":{"rendered":"Song 011 – Howard Nelson"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”]
\"\"<\/a><\/div><\/div>[nectar_btn size=”medium” open_new_tab=”true” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” url=”https:\/\/www.lds.org\/scriptures\/ot\/ps\/102?lang=eng” text=”Song 011 (text for Psalm 102)”][vc_column_text]\n\nhttps:\/\/www.psalmscountdown.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Song_011_990327_Howard_Nelson.m4a<\/a><\/audio>\n[\/vc_column_text][nectar_btn size=”medium” open_new_tab=”true” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” url=”https:\/\/www.psalmscountdown.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Song_011_990327_Howard_Nelson.m4a” text=”Download Audio File” margin_top=”10″][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][nectar_btn size=”medium” open_new_tab=”true” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” url=”https:\/\/www.psalmscountdown.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Song_011_990327_Howard_Nelson.pdf” text=”Download Guitar Chords”][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text]Psalm 102<\/a> uses the music of this song about Dad. I do not remember who was living with me at 1307 Emerald Green (see Song 074 – 1307 Emerald Green<\/a>) in March of 1999. After Marti left in 1996, the house became a serial half-way house for several folks struggling: a man going through a divorce; a youth struggling with drug addiction; and others. Even with others in the house, I was still alone (see Song 003<\/a>), and must have been meditating on life on this Monday. I typically invited other single adults over for Family Home Evening on Mondays. Obviously – sometime on this Monday – I had an hour or two to write the song. Dad had died May 16th, 1996. The day I wrote this song was almost 3 years later. I was missing him and regretting not having been in Cedar to work with and be with him more. So, I decided to write a song about Dad. This song became one of my favorites. I cannot sing this song, at least for the first time after weeks or months or a year of not singing it, without shedding tears. Dad once told me his Aunt Sarah (Sarah Stella Nelson Mendenhall) took him aside when he was a youth and told him the Meadow Lark was singing “Howard Nelson’s a good little boy.” Dad’s song is based around this phrase and the familiar tune of the Cedar Valley meadow larks. The verses describe his life as a child, a youth, a student, a young adult, a college student, and a farmer. I’ve never known anyone who worked harder than my Dad. I’ve never known anyone who I thought was as honest. He struggled with managing money and his businesses of meat packing and farming. He stuck by Mom when she was beyond mean. He was a good man. I hope someone can feel about me with a portion of the positive feelings and love and respect I have for my Dad.<\/p>\n

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