Priorities. My Kid Has ‘Em.

July 22, 2015July 22, 2015 ObieWanJacobyacceptance, adult supervision, art, awesomeness, Billie, Billie quotes, childhoodLeave a comment

Billie: “You know why I love you, Auntie Chelsea? Because you’re nice to everyone, you have a pretty voice and, when you sing, you sing with your whole heart.”

And You Give Yourself Away

June 12, 2015 ObieWanJacobyAspirations, awesomeness, Billie, Billie quotes, childhood, children, motherhood, poor Bono, sharing is caring, somebody hug U2Leave a comment

When I was little I was prone to epic tantrums.
Like, balls to the wall, burst your ear drums type tantrums.

One day, my mom noticed that I would calm down whenever U2’s “With or Without You” played. It grounded me in a very visceral way. It quickly became our song. Whenever it came on, we would smile at each other, turn up the radio, and sing it at the top of our lungs.

Billie is currently staying with my mom for the rest of June in California and, apparently, the song came on the radio. My mom explained that it was our song. Billie said, “I want it, too. It’s all of our song. We share it together.”

Now, if we can just completely ignore the fact that the song is about unrequited love and a severely codependent relationship then this would be just about the sweetest thing ever.

Art.

May 7, 2015May 6, 2015 ObieWanJacobyacceptance, art, Aspirations, awesomeness, Billie, Billie memes, Billie quotes, blogging, child, childhood, children, craziness, crazy, creativity, family, fatherhood, love, motherhood, mothering, parentingLeave a comment

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May 6, 2015 ObieWanJacobyacceptance, advise, Aspirations, awesomeness, Billie, Billie memes, Billie quotes, blogging, child, childhood, children, craziness, crazy, creativity, dreams, family, motherhoodLeave a comment

Role Models

April 30, 2015 ObieWanJacobyadult supervision, adulthood, advise, Aspirations, awesomeness, Billie, Billie quotes, cats, child, childhood, children, craziness, crazy, creativity, dreamsLeave a comment

I’ve been super sick today. I barely had enough in me to get Billie from school. When I got there, I was met by her teacher, her face stern.
“Today was career day and all the students were asked what they wanted to be when they grew up. Billie said she wanted to be a kitty cat. I told her that she couldn’t be a cat and she needed to pick a different profession. Do you know what she told me?”
“No,” I responded. I barely had enough energy to stand let alone continue this conversation.
“She told me-” the teacher stops herself short, deciding instead to make Billie take accountability for her reactions, “Billie? Billie tell your mother what you said.”
Billie looked at me very carefully, “I told her…” she continued staring at me like she was steeling herself for the worst, “I told her fine. Then I would just become a teacher so I can tell everyone what to do with their lives.”

And I laughed.
I laughed so hard.
Needless to say it was not the reaction the teacher was looking for.