01/28/2020
"A TRUCK DRIVER IS KILLED IN FRONT OF A CHILD. THE CHILD ASKS HIS FATHER, ""WHO'S THE MAN THEY KILLED?"" ""I DON'T KNOW SON, ALL I KNOW IS THAT HE WAS A TRUCKER.""
THE MINOR GETS CLOSE TO A PERSON WEARING A WHITE SHIRT. THE KID TOOK THE MANS HAND AND ASKED, ""CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT A TRUCKER IS?"" THE PRESIDENT OF THE TRUCK LINE RESPONDS WITH A BROKEN VOICE N HIS EYES FILLED WITH TEARS, ""A TRUCKER...IT'S A PERSON WHO SLEEPS LESS THAN MOST PEOPLE DO, ENDURES COLD, HEAT, RAIN, HUNGER. THERE ARE TIMES WHERE HE HAS NO PARTIES, CHRISTMAS, NEW YEARS AND MANY OTHER IMPORTANT MOMENTS. HE'S ALWAYS WORRYING AND THERE FOR HIS FAMILY, HIS KIDS WHEN THEY GET SICK, ABOUT HIS WIFE, HIS PARENTS, BROTHERS AND SISTERS. HE RECEIVES INSULTS AND SOMETIMES EVEN GETS HIT. HE CRIES, FEELS, AND MANY TIMES EXPERIENCES THOUSANDS OF SCARY MOMENTS AND GOES THROUGH MANY OTHER UNIMAGINABLE THINGS. WHEN HE LEAVES HOME REAL EARLY TO DO HIS LABORS, HE DOES NOT KNOW IF HE WILL EVER RETURN HOME OK OR REMAIN WORKING FOR MANY MORE DAYS OR EVEN WORSE, LOSE HIS LIFE. THAT IS PART OF WHAT A TRUCKER IS.
SUDDENLY, A PHONE IS HEARD RINGING FROM WHAT SEEMS TO BE IN THE POCKET OF THE DEPARTED. THE MAN LEAVES THE CHILD FOR A MOMENT TO GET THE PHONE. WHEN HE SEES THE SCREEN, HE NOTICED IT'S FROM THE TRUCKERS HOME. HE SEES IT'S A MESSAGE AND READS IT IN A LOW VOICE...( HELLO DADDY, I TOOK MOM'S PHONE TO WRITE YOU THIS MESSAGE. IT'S TO WISH YOU A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. I AM ANXIOUS FOR YOU TO SEE YOUR PRESENT SINCE AFTER TWO DAYS YOU HAVEN'T CAME HOME TO CUT YOUR CAKE. TODAY, WE'LL DO IT TOGETHER. I LOVE YOU AND I'M WAITING FOR YOU AT HOME. )
Thank a trucker today..."
