The Long Haul
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Looking back, he saw the broad streak of blood that marked his path down the side of the truck. He wondered how long the path would get. He peered over the edge of the hood, seeing a mound of dirt-filled snow pushed halfway up the grill making a slope. He half crept, half dragged himself to the edge and eased over until he could sit on the fresh mound of dirt and rest his back against the grill, still warm from the escaping steam. How long it could keep him warm, he didn’t know. Not long. No coat, no cell phone. Despair crept in.
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Just as veteran truck driver Brandon Stevenson finds his life and marriage at a low point, he barely survives an accident in his eighteen-wheeler, skidding across a mountain slope on its side. Barely alive, he feels anything but lucky. His journey through the phases of his recovery gives him the opportunity to rebuild the broken pieces of his life. Highlighting the best and worst of human emotions during a crisis, Brandon comes to realize that if he is going to have any chance to fully rehabilitate his body and his marriage, he will need to be in it for the long haul.
About the Author
Having been a truck driver for the last fifteen years, I was in an accident involving a truck, which I was very fortunate to survive. Many of my own life experiences, on and off the highways, compelled me to tell this story of triumph of the human spirit. Some people say that a truck driver cannot obtain his commercial driver’s license unless he has an ex-wife. The exaggeration pokes fun at how hard it is to maintain a family life while you spend three days a month at home. Therefore, when a truck driver’s marriage gets strained, it can be a nearly insurmountable task to work it out. I grew up near the Rocky Mountain range and have traveled from Cheyenne, Wyoming, to San Francisco nearly a thousand times. Now, I make my home in the much more humid climate of Louisiana, continuing to do what I love. Drive.