Today my husband and I leave for a few days, just him and I and the 1983 Chevy truck.
While it may not seem like a big thing, what kind of car you drive, we do however have a few vehicles that bring out the date in you, and the Big Blue Truck is one.
It doesn’t see the open road much, it rarely has plates on it and surely not insurance. It is used mainly for plowing snow and is kept in the barn on hay…well actually beach sand, but I kid him.
He bought it brand new in 1982, the fall he and I began dating. He has had it painted, a new engine, running boards and running lights, chrome wheels, loud mufflers etc. It is a well-loved truck…a truck of young boys dream.
Before taking it out on the open road, he had a few things to fix, rear breaks, led to new break lines, led to wheel bearings, and to things called spider gears (well we may let that go and pray for the best), but he won’t back out of our driveway until he is assured it is good running shape…. I have no idea what these things look like, but his concern for the truck equals his care for the things he loves.
Overall, it is his care that has kept the truck going, our love going, our family going. He is a man who pays attention to the details. He catches things before they are way far-gone, he hears little sounds the truck makes telling him which part needs his attention, just as he notices when any of us are just a hair off.
If he had his way, we would all be kept on hay in a barn, safe, sound and out of harms way…only to be taken out for joy rides.
I am so thrilled to be going on a joy ride with a man who loves, who cares and who shows it.
He has taught me how to care, how to love…we have traveled far and are very lucky that we can dip back into our earlier years and enjoy dating.
Today is his birthday…and he will be like a young kid again driving along in his big blue truck…28 years since he bought it he still loving it, and me!
My husband just came back from the parts store, the part we were waiting on did not come in. He was able to get a part for my Mail Jeep...a wheel bearing that too has been making noises. So, we will continue on...leaving the Chevy for dates near home.
This is our first time taking the Jeep on vacation...it will be a good cool ride. Air.
