Uncle Bubba is on the road again. He's traveling for work. He got called out on another job assignment out of town. This job that he has is a job that he never really wanted at this point in life, he just kind of fell into it. It's very early in the morning, he was up quite a few hours before dawn. It's still dark. As he drives along the countryside on the two-lane byways, every so often he passes a little house; the moonlight and headlights reveal it in the purple shadows, maybe a night light is on shining dimly through a curtained window. He imagines the folks inside still fast asleep; wrapped in the comfort of their own little universe. He wishes he was still home fast asleep, at least still lying next to Sweet Pea, holding her tight. But he's on the road because he's a man. For centuries, being a man meant living a life of virtue and excellence. Uncle Bubba is of that lineage. Sure, he'd like to get away from this job, it's his intention, but for now he has a job to do; primarily it all leads back to taking care of Sweet Pea. He desires getting a new job that affords him the ability to stay home and not be on the road for weeks and months at a time; to live in his home and be there every night, to enjoy his home and his family and friends on the weekends. What good is his Harley or his fishing boat if he's not even home to use them? Most importantly, he is no longer willing to compromise his commitment to spending every moment with his wife, Sweet Pea. As they say, no one ever gets to the end of their life with regrets of not having spent more time at work and less time with the one they love. This job has served him in these unstable times in America. It pays the bills and has benefits. And to be vested into those benefits he has to keep working a few more months. And it's like Bubbie to see things through. It's important to him to get to the end and say that he did it. He's come this far. Bubbie is a man and to be a man is to be a person that sees things thru to the end. It takes courage, it takes strength. In Bubbie's view, hopefully one day someone that really enjoys being on the road drives by Bubbie's home in the middle of the night and the night light will glow in the window, and Uncle Bubba will be contentedly sleeping next to Sweet Pea holding her close.
Saturday, February 16, 2013
On The Road Again
Uncle Bubba is on the road again. He's traveling for work. He got called out on another job assignment out of town. This job that he has is a job that he never really wanted at this point in life, he just kind of fell into it. It's very early in the morning, he was up quite a few hours before dawn. It's still dark. As he drives along the countryside on the two-lane byways, every so often he passes a little house; the moonlight and headlights reveal it in the purple shadows, maybe a night light is on shining dimly through a curtained window. He imagines the folks inside still fast asleep; wrapped in the comfort of their own little universe. He wishes he was still home fast asleep, at least still lying next to Sweet Pea, holding her tight. But he's on the road because he's a man. For centuries, being a man meant living a life of virtue and excellence. Uncle Bubba is of that lineage. Sure, he'd like to get away from this job, it's his intention, but for now he has a job to do; primarily it all leads back to taking care of Sweet Pea. He desires getting a new job that affords him the ability to stay home and not be on the road for weeks and months at a time; to live in his home and be there every night, to enjoy his home and his family and friends on the weekends. What good is his Harley or his fishing boat if he's not even home to use them? Most importantly, he is no longer willing to compromise his commitment to spending every moment with his wife, Sweet Pea. As they say, no one ever gets to the end of their life with regrets of not having spent more time at work and less time with the one they love. This job has served him in these unstable times in America. It pays the bills and has benefits. And to be vested into those benefits he has to keep working a few more months. And it's like Bubbie to see things through. It's important to him to get to the end and say that he did it. He's come this far. Bubbie is a man and to be a man is to be a person that sees things thru to the end. It takes courage, it takes strength. In Bubbie's view, hopefully one day someone that really enjoys being on the road drives by Bubbie's home in the middle of the night and the night light will glow in the window, and Uncle Bubba will be contentedly sleeping next to Sweet Pea holding her close.
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