MnK Jellison

@TJandCasper That load of doggy treats really paid off !!'

Traveller did great today. And he’s gained 10 lbs. He said he’s ready now to head over to the UP and down to Georgia

@KatTimpf So So sorry for your loss Kat, Praying for you and your family 🙏🏻🙏🏻

My seemingly healthy, strong father Daniel “Dad Timpf” Timpf died very unexpectedly on the evening of May 7 at just 69 years old.   It does not seem like enough to simply call him my father, because he was so much more than that. He was my rock, my hero and my best friend. He was loyal, funny, kind, selfless, hard-working, and so devoted to his children that it was impossible to be near him and not find yourself inspired. He was a writer, a painter, a sailor, and somehow knowledgeable on every subject from world history to literature to accounting. He was the most dependable person anyone has ever met. I always felt like, as long as I had his phone number, there was not a problem I could not solve. I needed him here with me; I am not okay, and I am far from the only person who feels this.   The birth of my son in February 2025, his first grandchild, was supposed to be a happy new beginning for our family. A family that had been already once devastated by an untimely loss: the loss of my mother Anne Marie to a rare disease in 2014 just a matter of weeks after her diagnosis.   The joy of my son’s birth was, of course, complicated by my also very unexpected breast cancer diagnosis just a matter of hours before going into labor with him. During this time, my dad did what he did best, which was to save the day. As soon as he heard about my diagnosis, he simply got into the car and started driving to New York -- making it through the tunnel just as my  son was born…on the day that happened to be his own birthday, as well.   In the tumultuous time of a simultaneous new cancer diagnosis and new baby, my dad was the sole reason for our stability, rushing in to help care for our son, and returning to do so again for my double mastectomy, reconstructive surgery, and any time that we ever needed him. It was an awful, awful year… but I found so much joy and hope throughout it by watching the beauty of a very special relationship form between my son and my father. This horrible thing that was happening was creating such a very special bond between the two of them -- almost making the terrible thing worth it -- and I was so excited to see how that bond would grow.   The bond was of top priority for my father, who visited from Michigan often. I saw him last on the Monday before he died, and my son was so proud to help his grandfather push his suitcase down to the car as he left. The goodbyes were quick. Why wouldn’t they be? We would all see each other again at the beginning of June, when we would all head to Texas for my shows and to see my grandpa. We wanted to make sure that my son could spend as much time as he could with his great-grandfather. He is, after all, 93.   I was certainly not over the trauma of my cancer or having to amputate the breasts I so badly wanted to feed my son with, but the one thing I could always count on to get me through my worst moments was seeing my son’s and my father’s faces light up when they saw each other, be it during the visits or our routine morning and bedtime FaceTime calls.   That is, at least, until I had to hear over the phone from a doctor I had never met in an emergency room in the same town up north that I’d previously announced to my father that I was pregnant that my dad was dead; I would never see him again, and neither would my son. It would turn out that last year was not the hard one, after all. Rather, it was the one I would now do anything to relive. I would amputate my breasts every year just to be able to speak with him one more time, even for five minutes.   I am currently living an unimaginable horror. For many people, this is a tragic story. For me, it’s my life. I do not know how I will recover from it. I only know that I have to for the sake of what is left of my family.

@TJandCasper Prayers answered my friend he is speaking to you!!

So many people have told me Casper would send me a sign. So here’s what happened. When I couldn’t get unloaded Tuesday Pete called and asked what I wanted to do when I did get empty come home or keep trucking. I said trucking is hard but sitting is worse. So I agreed to take a load to Texas. After talking with Pete I was killing time looking at pictures of puppies in MN after awhile I stumbled across some WGS puppies in a small town in Mn. I looked at them all, They were fun to look at. But they go fast and I’ll be heading to Texas.So I didn’t think much of it and moved on. I never said a word about the puppies to anyone. Yesterday as I was getting ready to head to Texas. Pete sent me the confirmation sheet for my reload out of Texas. My reload from Texas is taking me within just a couple of miles of where the puppies are. When I saw the name of the town I immediately called the people and will meet them Sunday morning. I don’t know if there could be a clearer sign then that from Casper. This is a blessing.

@TJandCasper Amen !!!

Wishing you all a Blessed Good Friday

@TJandCasper Yes sir keep that thermos full we could go for days !!!

Looks like we will be shutting down here in Northern IL as we are out of hours. Todays trucking isn’t like the good old days. When a good driver never ran out of hours.

@TJandCasper What the co-pilot wants, the co-pilot gets. 🤣

We needed to make a pit stop at Casper’s favorite KWIK TRIP he was pretty insistent on it lol

@TJandCasper Stay safe my friend !!!

Not much happening today. We are just watching it snow and rocking with the wind. The interstate is closed it’s worse north of us

@TJandCasper So sorry my friend, sending Prayers up 🙏🏻🙏🏻

My DILs sister good friend was down in Austin Tx for a MMA event. He was shot in the head by the terrorist in Austin. He is in critical condition.

@TJandCasper Godspeed on your recovery my friend!!

The surgery is done. All went well. Right eyes is pretty blurry but that’s normal. The removal and the implant went well the drainage went well too.

@TJandCasper Welcome to Calunicornia my friend !!!

When I went passed Barstow this morning, I glanced over at the fuel prices 5.20 a gallon for diesel.

@TJandCasper Amen !!

🙏🙏🙏🙏

@TJandCasper Find some agitators and give em a spaghetti sauce shower.. Turn em into spaghetti sauce popcicles 🤣🤣🤣

Well this is not going well. They unloaded the soup off my trailer. But are telling me the 16 pallets full of spaghetti sauce doesn’t belong to them. But my bills say different.

@TJandCasper Amen Brother 🤣!!

Back in Minnesota 8 degrees and high winds and some snow. To all the outside agitators. Welcome to Minnesota enjoy your time here 😂😂😂😂oh yeah temps will get worse before they get better

@TJandCasper Big Wheels A Rollin' !!!

Busy week. From the UP of Michigan down to Arlington Tx. Then from Crockett Tx back up to NE and SD loaded out of Sioux Falls back down to Dallas. Now reloading and heading back north

@KatTimpf You are human Being Kat, !!!

I would like to send a sincere thank you to anyone who has ever been able to think of me as a human being 😎

@TJandCasper You are so right my friend!! Drove a rig bilt by Peter for a long time. Safe travels out there!!

Some call it boring and other things. I call it a freedom that most will never understand or appreciate.

@TJandCasper Have a Very Merry Christmas my friend 🎅

Just a hop skip and a jump and we can put this horse in the barn.

@TJandCasper You never know when the wagons might get stranded in the snow, great song on the radio my friend!!!

We always have a good food supply when we go over Donner Pass. Because you just never know.

@TJandCasper Safe travels my friend, I'm about 50 miles n of SF.

On our way to the Bay Area in Ca

@TJandCasper Looks like a beautiful ride my friend..Big Wheels Keep On Rolling!!

Wishing everyone a wonderful Saturday as we roll across ND