{"id":41443,"date":"2023-12-01T17:38:50","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T22:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/?p=41443"},"modified":"2023-12-01T17:38:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T22:38:53","slug":"christmas-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/2023\/12\/poetry-in-motion\/christmas-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… everywhere we go (I bet that got a song stuck in your head)!  I do enjoy Christmastime for all the usual reasons like family time, the sharing of gifts, meals, and so on.  And, of course, the celebration of the birth of Jesus, our Savior.  However, I\u2019m not exactly the world\u2019s biggest fan of icy and snowy weather.  I suppose I\u2019d enjoy it a little more if I wasn\u2019t out working in it when I\u2019d rather be warm and cozy at the house.  But, as I\u2019ve been told, these are \u201cfirst-world problems\u201d and I\u2019m certainly grateful for my job, my stable health, my family and friends, and my humble little home.  I thank God for His provision and His mercies, which are new every day.  I hope you are able to make it back to the house for Christmas, or at least close to Christmas, to spend some time with the truck turned off and the tree lights on.  It\u2019s not often that I have been out on the road over Christmas Day, but it happens, and I\u2019m sure many of you know that feeling all too well.  We understand that it comes with the job and it\u2019s part of the deal when you spend your life playing with trucks.  But it can be hard sometimes \u2013 especially on the kiddos.  This poem is just something that popped into my head as I imagined being on the road in the days leading up to Christmas, while a challenging load and adverse weather conditions threaten the possibility of getting home for the holiday.  When I was a kid, I played with trucks, so waking up on Christmas morning, I would be excited to find a toy truck with my name on it.  Now that I\u2019m grown, I often feel like I\u2019d rather NOT wake up to see a truck with my name on it!  Okay, wait… that\u2019s not true… I still play with trucks.  Merry Christmas everyone.  Be safe out there, and we\u2019ll see you all back at the house!<\/p>

STILL PLAYS WITH TRUCKS
By Trevor Hardwick<\/strong><\/p>

Now it\u2019s comin\u2019 on Christmas\u2026
And the wintertime\u2019s here.
I\u2019ve been thinkin\u2019 about loads, and icy roads,
And the blizzards, that I fear.<\/p>

This is not my first time\u2026
It won\u2019t be my last.
Just another year, that I put in my mirror,
Like a thing of my past.<\/p>

As the years keep flyin\u2019\u2026
I keep whirlin\u2019 around.
And the wind will blow, tossin\u2019 to and fro\u2019,
Like the snow on the ground.<\/p>

But I keep on truckin\u2019\u2026
\u2018Cause I still play with trucks.
And I wouldn\u2019t trade, this life I\u2019ve made,
For a hundred million bucks.<\/p>

And I hit the highway\u2026
With my tin in the wind.
Like habitual sin, I hit the road again,
And again, and again, and again.<\/p>

It\u2019s perpetual motion\u2026
It\u2019s a merry-go-round.
By the time I\u2019m done, havin\u2019 so much fun,
I\u2019ll be turnin\u2019 back around.<\/p>

But it\u2019s comin\u2019 on Christmas\u2026
And I\u2019m havin\u2019 my doubts.
With this trashy load, and the nasty roads,
I\u2019ll be makin\u2019 it back to the house.<\/p>

Now, my honey darlin\u2019\u2026
I\u2019ll getcha somethin\u2019 real sweet.
With a little luck, and the help of this truck,
I\u2019ll slip it under the tree.<\/p>

Kiss my little babies\u2026
Tell \u2018em daddy\u2019s been fair.
For the girls and boys, there\u2019ll be lots of toys,
Even if I ain\u2019t there.<\/p>

And could ya\u2019 tell ol\u2019 Santa\u2026
I ain\u2019t expectin\u2019 too much.
But I do like bling, and other shiny things,
And I still play with trucks!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… everywhere we go (I bet that got a song stuck in your head)!  I do enjoy Christmastime for all the usual reasons like family time, the sharing of gifts, meals, and so on.  And, of course, the celebration of the birth of Jesus, our Savior.  However, I\u2019m<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":41444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-41443","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-poetry-in-motion"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41443"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41445,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41443\/revisions\/41445"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}