A coal miner worked deep underground for months at a time and only got to visit home twice a year.<\/p>\n
Every time he came back, his wife looked happier than a lottery winner and dragged him straight to the bedroom before he could even unpack.<\/p>\n
One evening, after another exhausting \u201cwelcome home,\u201d the miner collapsed into bed, gasping for air.<\/p>\n
His wife smiled and whispered,<\/p>\n
\u201cDarling\u2026 how do you still have this much energy after working in a mine all day?\u201d<\/p>\n
The miner grinned and said,<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause, sweetheart\u2026 I don’t spend all day digging coal.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n She raised an eyebrow.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d<\/p>\n He pointed toward the kitchen.<\/p>\n \u201cMost of my job is operating machinery.\u201d<\/p>\n She laughed.<\/p>\n \u201cYou’re impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n The miner smiled.<\/p>\n \u201cBesides, there’s something else.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI’ve been underground for six months.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n He whispered,<\/p>\n \u201cDo you have any idea how much fresh air I’ve been saving?\u201d<\/p>\n His wife burst out laughing.<\/p>\n \u201cYou really missed me, didn’t you?\u201d<\/p>\n The miner pulled her closer.<\/p>\n \u201cEvery single day.\u201d<\/p>\n She smiled.<\/p>\n \u201cEven when you were thousands of feet underground?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cEspecially then.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n He looked at her lovingly.<\/p>\n \u201cBecause every time the work got exhausting, I thought about coming home.\u201d<\/p>\n She kissed him.<\/p>\n \u201cSo that’s where you got all your energy?\u201d<\/p>\n He nodded.<\/p>\n \u201cExactly.\u201d<\/p>\n The next morning, the miner woke up early.<\/p>\n His wife looked at him suspiciously.<\/p>\n \u201cWhere are you going?\u201d<\/p>\n He grabbed his boots.<\/p>\n \u201cBack to work.\u201d<\/p>\n She frowned.<\/p>\n \u201cAlready?\u201d<\/p>\n He smiled.<\/p>\n \u201cDon’t worry.\u201d<\/p>\n He kissed her forehead.<\/p>\n \u201cI’ll be back in six months.\u201d<\/p>\n She smiled.<\/p>\n \u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n He walked toward the door.<\/p>\n Then she called after him,<\/p>\n \u201cDarling?\u201d<\/p>\n He turned around.<\/p>\n \u201cYes?\u201d<\/p>\n She grinned.<\/p>\n \u201cNext time, bring more fresh air.\u201d<\/p>\n He laughed.<\/p>\n \u201cI’ll bring a whole truckload.\u201d<\/p>\n And as he drove away, he smiled to himself.<\/p>\n Working deep underground was hard.<\/p>\n But knowing someone was waiting for him above ground\u2026<\/p>\n made every dark day worth it.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A coal miner worked deep underground for months at a time and only got to visit home twice a year. Every time he came back, his wife looked happier than … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/readfullstory168.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/readfullstory168.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/readfullstory168.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readfullstory168.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readfullstory168.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=184972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/readfullstory168.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184973,"href":"https:\/\/readfullstory168.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184972\/revisions\/184973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/readfullstory168.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=184972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readfullstory168.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=184972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readfullstory168.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=184972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}