Delivering The Goods

I was on Facebook the other day and a “Like” button for the UPS driver came up on the right sidebar. I couldn’t resist accepting the “Like” offer and would like to extend it beyond the UPS driver to the postmen and women, Fed-Ex and any other professional delivery driver. It was at that moment I thought, “‘Tis the season for these brave women and men who negotiate our confusing streets in metro Atlanta to deliver the goods to us.”

I suppose that if I had to join the ranks of delivery drivers, I would do it in the most reluctant manner possible. I say to those who have the courage to deliver packages in massive gas-guzzling vehicles going door-to-door dodging hyper dogs, haphazard-SUV-driving-Peppermint-latte-laced soccer moms on Smartphones and wayward footballs into the streets, “You are my heroes!”

Bah humbug to those who don’t believe in Santa or Hanukkah Harry (I’m remiss if I’m leaving out a character for Kwanzaa)! Keep those innocent childhood dreams alive for the children because someone is getting those gifts to them. You need not put the kibosh on their fantasies until they’re at least in the fourth grade or whenever they discover the hard work of those men and women in uniform who battle the outdoor elements to deliver packages from Grandma in Florida.

Each year, my daughter’s godmother from San Diego puts together her very own creative package filled with gifts for her. Mimi knows my daughter’s interests and buys accordingly. She places all the gifts in recycled boxes stuffed with newspaper and wrapped in Trader Joe’s paper bags. It’s such a treat when I see the headlight emanating from a delivery truck hitting my yard. I soon find out that those lights are coming from the Fed-Ex driver who quickly pulls around the corner to my house in the December darkness to jump out of the truck to deliver the special packages. I’m ever so grateful to Mimi, my daughter’s godmother and others who put so much time and effort into putting their own touch on their gifts. They, along with the delivery drivers do not know how much I have always appreciated them. I can only say in this brief space, “Thank You!”