Shana Murphy
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Big Red
Daddy’s Rig Big Red was Daddy’s rig: an almost new Kenworth Special Edition big rig with leather seats, new CB, brand new 8-track player, and best of all, a full-size sleeper cabin that allowed Daddy to rest when on the road. Mama’s view on Big Red was that it took Daddy away from home too much. Not a week went by that Mama didn’t beg Daddy to find a job in town so they could build up some credit, maybe save enough money for a down payment on a house they could call their own. She dreamed of being able to plant a garden in a yard and paint the walls peach. But driving was all Daddy knew, and to him, Big Red was his salvation from working for someone else. Mama said it just took discipline and Daddy was just being lazy and stubborn. When we reminisce these days, Mama takes back the lazy and stubborn and thinks instead that Daddy was just running from the stern and controlling upbringing he received from his own father. I can’t know, but for me and my brother, Big Red meant opportunities to see all those names on our Dad’s Rand McNally map and a chance to be in the presence of our hero father.
By Shana Murphy2 years ago in Families