It's a Team's Life

Happy Mothers Day

Bob and I were very young when we had our girls and our income was limited. This was the perfect situation to learn as a young family how to play together.

Both of our girls were born before I was 21 and we all grew up together enjoying and supporting each other's accomplishments. As the girls started into school the tradition stayed the same and we were able to get past that sometimes-monumental hurdle of "my parents embarrass me or my kids embarrass us". This trend continued through high school with the girls volunteering us for the darndest of events. When the girls accomplished a goal we were there to cheer them on and when there was an epic fail we were there for them to lean on before they were off and running to climb their next mountain.

As many know when our youngest daughter left for college is when Bob got out from under trucks and we got inside them to start on our adventure. I remember when we dropped this bombshell on friends and family our girls were the ones that said, "Go for it!" and we support you 100%. Most of our family and friends thought we had lost our minds to leave our secure jobs, sell our home, and enter the world of the unknown, cross country trucking. We were going to become "gasp" truck drivers.

Through our trials, tribulations, and accomplishments both of our girls have been on the sidelines cheering us on. Nicki and Brandy are established adults now and it is harder for us to be together and enjoy our favorite activity, which is playing games. All of us enjoy cards and board games and when we are together there is usually a game in progress on the kitchen table from morning till evening.

One of the hardest things for all of us is when one person is left out or not able to join in on activities. When we are in San Antonio visiting Brandy or in Saint Louis there is one daughter being left out of the fun! Due to technology we have came up with a way to keep the "family" together playing games.

Using Face time on our phones we are able to play one of our favorite new games "Settlers of Catan". The person or in some cases the persons not at the table with the game give directions to those of us that can roll for them and also collect their cards. With technology everyone can hear each other and the banter is still hilarious as one loses out on an opportunity or gains a card over the other one.

Some may call us nerds but I know that from the day our daughters were born we became a family and to this day we are all each others best cheerleaders. Mothers Day is a day where I reflect back over the many memorable days, hours, and minutes I have had with my amazing girls who I call my best friends.

Happy Mothers Day

Bob & Linda Caffee
TeamCaffee
Saint Louis MO
Expediters since January 2005
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