November 14, 2014
I Know My Family is Safe


When I married, things were good financially. I'm a truck driver, and had a job where I was home every night. Then, due to cutbacks, I lost that well-paying job. It soon became clear that we would eat though our savings within the year. I take my role as provider and protector very seriously so this was a hard thing to face. 

I was offered another job that paid more, but I would be on the road for three weeks at a time. I couldn't leave my family unguarded for three weeks, so my wife and I came up with a plan. I'd work for five years, just to save enough so we could survive on a lower wage. Then we got security cameras, an alarm system and two German Shepherds, We also bought a pump action shot gun and I taught my wife how to use it. All was good for about a year, but the dogs were more like giant teddy bears than guard dogs, or so I thought. 

One night, I was able to come home, and I thought it would be romantic to surprise her. At 10 PM, I quietly crept up to the door and silently slid my key inI opened it, shut off the alarm, and then heard a deep growl, and saw two dogs, ten feet away, teeth showing and hackles up. When they recognized me, they turned into those teddy bears again. I went upstairs hoping my wife hadn't been woken up.   I flipped on the light and found myself staring down the business end of a pump action shotgun. My wife was at the other end of it, barefoot and dressed in a night gown. 

She lowered the gun and said, "well, you're home early.... Damn near got yourself shot!" Then she gave me a kiss. I had a much needed shot of whiskey, and we went to bed. I worry less now, knowing that my family is safe, or as safe as they could be without me and that 5 year plan, I've now been offered a very good paying job where I am home every night and know where that shotgun is!

Jeff
















Posted by Staff at 10:59 AM