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About the 7 Mile Station name It was the summer of 1976 and unlike many of my peers who spent the hot summer days playing with friends down at the river, I would spend my summer vacation working with my father. He owned a truck and a gas station that we were converting into a truck shop. Everyday we would get up real early and go to the shop to engage in all the activities of the day. As a typical 11 year old boy I loved to get into things but lacked the direction needed to finish the job. Perhaps a 11 years old is the age most young boys start to truly need a positive roll model to "inspire" and engage them to develop good habits for the rest of their life. I recall the life lessons I learned in my father's shop that summer, and I remember some of those were not that enjoyable. But looking back I can clearly see how the time I spent with my father then, has impacted my life now. Those little lessons he gave me would later become the monumentally moments of my life. I didn't know then but earlier that year he was diagnosed with a brain tumor and his doctor told him that they could operate but there was a huge risk involved with the operation and he could easily die from it. So he put off the operation and chose to use what he must have believed could have been his last days on earth as a time to mentor me. On the morning of July 27 the life lessons I learned from my father down at that little shop known as the"7 Mile Station" all came to an abrupt end. No it wasn't the tumor that took his life though, he was killed in a logging accident while we were on a truck run together. I believe because of the interaction with my own father being cut so short, I have been given a great empathy for young people in need of an older influence. Throughout my adult life time I have found myself making connections with certain young people. And it would seem many times music has been a catalysts for those connections. One day while pondering the definition of what I've been doing with music, my mind went back to the 7 Mile Station and the time I spent there with my father. I learned early on that the amount of time we have here on earth is not certain, and we must consider the impact (good or bad) we are making right now on those people God has placed around us. God Bless donni |
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