I have been living in the USA since 2003 because this was legally established thanks to a divorce and my ex-husband. I am now 64 and the mother of 6 girls, 3 of whom live in Europe. After the divorce, I had to somehow keep myself and 3 girls and our home afloat, so I became self-employed. My job is on the right in the picture. Yes, I, a 160 cm tall woman, drove this truck across the USA for years.
For years I drove this truck 14 out of 24 hours a day without a holiday. For a while this business brought in good profits, but I had to keep investing them in the truck.
Another consequence of the hard job was that I had little time for my family at home. But we had a roof over our heads and something to eat. During this time, my partner, who was already retired for health reasons, raised the three girls.
I only saw my children in "good old Germany" via cell phone or when they had money for a ticket to see me or money for a ticket so that I could fly to Germany. Even to this day, I have seen my grandchildren in Germany very rarely, if at all.