Behind the Equipment

Two dump trucks, a trenching machine, and a backhoe were all parked on the lawn in front of a well kept single story private home.  Each piece of construction equipment had a For Sale sign on it.

I wondered about the man behind the equipment. Was his business prosperous enough that he was buying new equipment and selling off the old or had the sluggish economy driven him out of business?

Perhaps he had simply reached retirement. After years of waking up and dressing in his uniform of construction green perhaps he had reached the point where he spent too much of his day with his hands pressed into the small of his back.

And if retirement was the cause, I wondered if he would now wake each day looking forward to the opportunity to explore new things or if he would miss the work he had done his entire life.

In the end, perhaps all that matters is that he will wake each day with his loved one beside him.