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Originally from Idaho Falls, Idaho; currently live in Southern California. Studied composition with Dave Sargent and Murray Boren at BYU; jazz arranging and electronic music at Cal State Los Angeles.
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Blessings
Children
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Faith
Guidance
Learning
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Motivation
Nature
Patience
Self-Improvement
Strength
Trials
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Originally from Idaho Falls, Idaho; currently live in Southern California. Studied composition with Dave Sargent and Murray Boren at BYU; jazz arranging and electronic music at Cal State Los Angeles.
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This is a transposition or "Grow, Little Sapling, Grow" into an easier key to play, and an easier key for lower voices to sing.
I wrote this after hiking in the mountains and seeing a little sapling, growing out of difficult, rocky soil on a steep mountainside. The little tree moved me more deeply than I might have expected.




Lyrics: Grow, little sapling, grow. <br/>Your leaves, push up, and your roots, below. <br/>The sky may fall, and the dust may blow, <br/>But grow, lit tle sap ling, grow. <br/>A wall at your back and a storm at your face, <br/>The big trees grant too little space. <br/>It's a little like the human race, <br/>So grow- <br/> <br/>Drink, little sapling, drink. <br/>Your leaves are yellow but your bark is pink. <br/>You barely have plenty of room to think, <br/>So drink, little sapling, drink. <br/>There's nowhere from here you can go but up, <br/>So bend with the slope and don't give up. <br/>The sun light fills your wait ing cup, <br/>So drink <br/> <br/>Grow, little sapling, grow. <br/>There're things that you guess, and things you know. <br/>The shadows give way to a warming glow, <br/>So grow, little sapling, grow. <br/>Grow, little sapling, grow.
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