When is the last time you hugged your trash man?
We wanted to hug Donovan Laird for his humility as soon as we read about him.
The article was about his Championship garbage truck maneuvering skills, but sure enough we meet him...and he's classic The Good Stuff beyond winning 1st place in Republic Services NATIONAL side-loader competition.
We saw how he goes out of his way for elderly and friends with disabilities along his route.
And sure enough, now we want to hug his whole darn awesome family...including his gramma Nan.
Donavan says Nan "prayed away a kidney stone of his once"...so he knew when she prayed for him to win this competition...he believed he would.
By the way, beautiful 78-year-old Nan was an over the road truck driver for years and taught Donovan his now nationally recognized skills early on. "I was driving bulldozers before I even had a real license", Donavan told us. Today he is married to his beautiful high school sweetheart and has 2 great kids following in their daddy's footsteps.
We would like to start a HUG YOUR TRASH MAN movement...
because everyone has a story...and the person moving your garbage out...might just move right into your heart as one of your new favorite people.
