Thread:4solace/@comment-28482541-20180919004709

Being a trucker’s wife is not for the weak or faint of heart. Not only do you have to keep the home and kids running alone a lot of the time, make sure he has all he needs to be healthy and happy as possible out there on the road, not stress or worry him unnecessarily so his mind is where it should be to keep him safe, support him lovingly, but you have to weather some very long, worrisome nights. Tonight is one of those nights. Quick call to let me know he has been sent on a long detour into the middle of no where with zero cell service due to the fires and he is out of driving hours and will have to, by law, shut the truck down for 10 hours. He says he thinks he is far enough away from the fires, but I will not rest until he is able to drive again in the morning and get to an area with cell service to call me. After watching videos of truckers stuck in the path of these fires having to jump out of their trucks and run as their rigs burst into flames, this makes me very nervous. With no cell service, he has no internet and no way to check where the fires are and how they are progressing. There is also no way for anyone to warn him. No sleep tonight. I will be watching the fires and watching the area he is in online. And yet there is nothing I can do except keep it together for him and our daughter. Sending my love and thoughts to him and knowing he will do what is necessary to stay safe, but, yes, I will worry anyways. It is amazing the difference just being able to reach him by cell makes and the lack thereof. 