Wonderful Woman of the Trucking World
[ad#ad-1] Truck driver’s wives sometimes need their own little cheering section! Most people do not know what Truck drivers wives go through on a daily basis, and also what they endure while their husbands are not around. So, here is your own little cheering section (from me) for a job well done, ladies!
What sets Truck drivers wives apart from the other women in the world who are not in this industry is they, as truck drivers’ wives, know that they can handle most any situation. Situations such as raising our kids, mowing the lawn, paying the bills, etc., while their husbands are on the road. This has taught them to be strong women–women who know that if anything (God forbid) happens to their husbands, they are able to handle life’s situations ourselves.
Truck driver’s wives are the wonderful woman of the world that most people do not see. This is especially true when they are talking to people who don’t understand our lifestyle. There are people who ask Truck drivers wives what their husbands do for a living and when they tell them, “A truck driver,” the public snoot their noses in the air. They do not know how hard Truck driver’s wives work on the home front to keep things running smoothly and how hard our husbands work on the road to keep America rolling. They do not see the wonderful women we truly are.
Have you ever noticed how stuck up non-trucking industry folks can be? When you’re standing in a grocery store line talking with others just to make time go quicker, they automatically ask what your husband does for a living. You tell them that he is a truck driver. Their attitudes automatically change. They may shun you when at first they were nice to you before finding out what your husband does for a living.
This I could not stand when I was a truck driver’s wife. I would just haul off and told them off. This is what had said to them when they had shunned me like this, “Well, lady (or sir–whoever I was talking to at the time), if it weren’t for truck drivers out there on the roads, your buggy would be empty. Who do you think brings your food, clothing, lumber, cars and the everyday things you need to live? My husband and many more like him–that is who.”
We as woman of the trucking industry have the right to fight back when people are like this. We need to set these narrow-minded people straight as to what our lifestyle is really like, how hard we really work, and how our families are the backbone of America.
We as truck drivers’ wives work hard everyday behind the scenes of this trucking industry. We are the women of the world who keep this world going smoothly without our husbands at home, without others knowing who we are, without taking recognition. We stand behind our husbands no matter what.
My hats off, to all of the truck drivers’ wives of the world.
By Debby Richardson
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