Quote: Lots of people can be drivers but only few can be Truckers
Most people do not realize just how important truck drivers are. Often times when we don’t see the process our daily luxuries go through, we tend to take them for granted. What may seem like simple every day pleasures like filling up our gas tanks, filling up our shopping carts at the supermarket, obtaining necessary medications, or even hitting the big early bird sale are available to us because of the job of truckers. Not only are they working hard to get much needed and desired items delivered on time, they are missing valuable time with family and friends, holidays and special moments that can’t be recreated. Ever wonder what it would be like if the trucks just stopped; if all of the 3.5 million professional truck drivers in the United States just decided to stop driving?! Life as we know it would stop, that’s what would happen!! Within the first 24 hours hospitals would run out of supplies, mail and package delivery would stop, and gas stations would begin to get low on fuel, just to name a few. By the end of four weeks time we would have exhausted our clean water supply and would have to resort to boiling water before even consider drinking it. Without even thinking about the logistics, we just expect for all of our simple pleasures to just keep on being available. None of this would be possible without our nations’ truck drivers. Sunday September 11, 2016, a very memorable day in American history 15 years ago, popped off National Truck Driver Appreciation Week. With all the turmoil going on from the attacks in New York, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon, can you imagine how much worse it would have been if truckers had been unable to deliver much needed supplies to the cities and surrounding areas? I cringe just to think about it. So this week as you’re going about your daily tasks: shopping at the supermarket, filling up your gas tank, having date night at a local restaurant with your significant other, take the time out to thank a trucker because without them could we survive? Until next time, thanks for following!!
Life of the Truckers Wife 