Sometimes I think that my hubby would rather be gone than home with me and that he really dosen't understand my point of view. So I often pull this out and read it, when I feeling alone. This is his point of view on our life. And then I wonder who don't understand who? Always makes things very clear for me. Yes he does understand my side of this life more than I understand his most the time. As always there is two sides to every story.
A Truckers Wife
From a truckers heart and soul
The day is new and the night is just a pleasant memory to carry with you for some undetermined time. Now there is the long and tight embrace and a lasting kiss.
You open your eyes and see a face you have come to know as you know your own, but now you see a sadness in the eyes and a almost forced smile and is that a tear on this face you love so much.
Still you turn, pick up your bag and walk out the door, your truck sets in the drive with the engine running, its time to leave again even though its seems that you just got home yesterday.
As you pull out of the drive to leave for another yet undetermined amount of time you see her standing there looking so alone and your stomach feels all hallow and empty and you wish that you didn’t have to leave her and yet you want to go.
You think of this lady as you drive away and all the things that she does to make your life worth living and you know you can never quite tell her just what she means to you.
She has raised your children ( because most of the time you were not there). She has maintained a home for you to come to, made all the payment on time though you wonder how she manages with what comes home to her. She is always there for you when you have a bad day on the road and just have to talk to her to make it all Ok and worthwhile again, but you seldom remember to ask how her day was and to listen to her worries and cares.
You know that you should tell her how you feel (but that would not be manly with your trucking buddies listening) but you feel it even if you don’t tell her but you assume she knows how you feel.
You assume a lot of things about this lady who stays there by herself waiting for you to come home for another few days and you resolve to tell her how you feel when you get home but you never seem to have the words to let her know that you miss her as much as she misses you (after all that would not be manly would it)
You know that this life that you have chosen has made it a very lonely place for both of you and you thank God that this lady is strong enough to make it through and will always be there for you, even though your not there for her when she needs a shoulder to cry on or a hand to hold.
I thank God every day that he has chosen to let me have this lady in my life for she makes a lonely life worth living (even though it would not be manly to tell her so.
Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the
Declaration of Independence?
Five were imprisoned by the British as traitors,and tortured before they
died.
Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned.
Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army;another had two sons
captured.
Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the
Revolutionary War.
They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred
honor.
What kind of men were they?
Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists.
Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of
means, well educated, but they signed the Declaration of Independence
knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.
Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships
swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to
pay his debts, and died in rags.
Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his
family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay,and his
family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty
was his reward.
Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton,
Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.
At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson Jr., noted that the British
General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He
quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was
destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.
Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his
wife, and she died within a few months.
John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying. Their 13
children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to
waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to
find his wife dead and his children vanished.
Some of us take these liberties so much for granted, but we shouldn't.
So, take a few minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and silently
thank these patriots. It's not much to ask for the price they paid.
Remember: freedom is never free! I hope you will show your support by
sending this to as many people as you can, please. It's time we get the word
out that patriotism is NOT a sin, and the Fourth of July has more to it than
beer, picnics, and baseball games.
