akroadrunner
Well-Known Member
I wrote this several years ago. Remembering my parents on their knees, praying for safety for every man on their crew. It worked. My Dad started praying for his crew after a terrible accident near Germany Creek. The old lady who lived at the bottom of the hill where they were logging told my Dad when he stopped at her house later, that she felt responsible for the accident. Turns out she prayed for those 'boys' every morning when they went by her house on the way to the landing. She missed praying that morning, and had just started her prayer when a loaded log truck went off the road above her home with 2 men in it. One was my uncle. No one was seriously hurt, although it was a horrific accident. Hear goes, boys. "AMEN"
Growing up in a logging and lumber town
Men with 'the bark' on them we all around
We woke each morning to the whistle at the mill
And took our walk to the bus stop at the top of the hill
Each afternoon at the same stop, we hung around
Waiting for the 'crummies' to arrive back in town
As we watched those men get out with their gear
I always harbored a small knot of fear
That a Bullbuck or Side Rod would say
"Your Dad won't be coming home today"
But God as protected this boy's Dad
He has been the best Father any kid ever had
The reason he is still with us today (85y.o.)
Is because he took time each morning to pray
"God give us the strength for the work we have to do,
and please watch over each man on my crew'
Bring us all safely home to our families again"
The boy peeking out from his bedroom door said, "AMEN"
Growing up in a logging and lumber town
Men with 'the bark' on them we all around
We woke each morning to the whistle at the mill
And took our walk to the bus stop at the top of the hill
Each afternoon at the same stop, we hung around
Waiting for the 'crummies' to arrive back in town
As we watched those men get out with their gear
I always harbored a small knot of fear
That a Bullbuck or Side Rod would say
"Your Dad won't be coming home today"
But God as protected this boy's Dad
He has been the best Father any kid ever had
The reason he is still with us today (85y.o.)
Is because he took time each morning to pray
"God give us the strength for the work we have to do,
and please watch over each man on my crew'
Bring us all safely home to our families again"
The boy peeking out from his bedroom door said, "AMEN"