Christmas is a difficult day for me. I have no family. My parents passed long ago. I was an only child, so no siblings. Divorced and without children makes for a very quiet holiday season. I always have plenty of invitations from friends, neighbors, and acquaintances when they hear I’m alone. I’m just not interested. It sounds sad, but it isn’t. I enjoy the solitude after a long month of travel for work. I’m off until aft...

Never having been in a truck stop, I had no clue where the showers were. I had to ask the cashier in the restaurant where I should go. She directed me to the Fuel Desk. I am a fairly intelligent woman but, I was in a different world and I felt silly. I had to ask what that was. She was kind, took pity on me, and walked me to the other side of the building to the proper location. I stood in line with about a half dozen dri...