It's a Team's Life
Happy Mothers Day!
Our daughters started teaching Bob and I about life the day they were
born. I had not reached my 21st birthday when the girls were born and
being a young parent has its advantageous.
Nicki and Brandy
were born in the small town of Elkhart, KS. We like many young families
did not have a lot of money, but we made the most with what we had. We
were a one-vehicle family, which is not such a bad thing in a small
town as the girls and I were able to walk everywhere we wanted to go.
I
stayed home with Nicki and Brandy until they started school and we were
a common site as we walked to story hour at the library, to the
swimming pool for swim lessons, to the baseball fields for t-ball, or to
the grocery store. When we went to the park we all played on the
swings, the merry-go round, or the slides. This closeness never left
and as the girls aged we all continued to do things together.
Once
the girls entered school they got involved in everything, they liked
playing sports, they liked school plays, they liked building floats,
they became members of 4-H, and through all of this they volunteered us
as sponsors. All of the things Bob and I missed when we attended
school, as we were to shy and awkward to get involved in, we now did as
parents.
Our girls are fun and each year as they got older we
had more fun and we learned even more about ourselves. When any one of
us said yes to a project the rest of family became the support crew for
that project. Once the girls entered high school the fun really
began. My job allowed me to attend their activities and I was often on
the road following them as they traveled to the many events they were
involved in. They rode home with me from these events and we spent
hours on the road talking about anything and everything.
Nicki
and Brandy have always been our biggest supporters and when we let them
know that once they left for college we were also leaving home to drive
a truck they were thrilled. They were our encouragers to get involved
and to grow ourselves. Kind of backwards but it worked.
When
we started our journey into trucking we did not realize how much closer
this would make us as a family. The girls live in different time
zones and usually on their way to work or on their way home they call to
talk about their day and see what we are doing. We are there night and
day able to answer the phone to hear about something exciting they have
done or to let them pour their hearts out when they are frustrated. We
are a phone call away.
Brandy
is in the military and has lived in several cities around the United
States and she is always thrilled when we stop in for a visit. Trucking
has allowed us to spend time with her and at times her house being our
home away from home. We do not worry about taking a weeks vacation to
spend with our children we see them several times a year.
The
fun part of trucking and our payback to them is that we almost always
show up with a bag of dirty clothes, we raid their refrigerator, and if
they have something pretty cool we often borrow it. They now know what
it was like when
they came
home from college.
Mother’s day is a
day I reflect back through the years of how amazing my girls are and
how glad I am to call them daughters, my best friends, and also my advisers.
Nicki - Brandy 4D Ride
I am a very proud and fortunate mother.
Bob & Linda Caffee
TeamCaffee

Saint Louis MO
Expediters 8 years been out here on the road 13 years
Expediting isn't just trucking, it's a lifestyle; 

Expediting isn't just a lifestyle, it's an adventure;

Expediting isn't just an adventure, it's a job;

Expediting isn't just a job, it's a business.