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Send Me Your Amnesty
Part Three: The In Between Years (Chapter 9)
September 2008 Dear Billie Joe,
I went ahead and surprised Amnesty with those Jonas Brothers tickets. We drove down to Indy on July 23 and it was just a surreal moment for her. She couldn’t believe The Jonas Brothers were less than 100 feet from her. I think she had great time. She just had her 14th birthday and I got her a Jonas Brothers album she wanted called “A Little Bit Longer.”
On a little heavier note, I’m glad Amnesty is alive. She was in a bus crash. She’s OK. Don’t worry. A neighbor didn’t see the bus stopped and just rammed another car into the back of the bus. Every child was OK, but the guy in between the truck and the bus is in the hospital with minor injury. And the guy (the neighbor) who crashed into the car that crashed the bus was taken to the hospital too. Amnesty called me at work and told me she was fine. She told me about when she got home. Her ISTEP testing was cancelled because of the crash. She told me she was sitting in the very back and felt a sudden jolt forward and then a big cloud of smoke coming from the back of the bus. She assured me she was fine. When I got home I check for bruises and anything and everything. She’s totally fine. It’s all over and she’s doing great. ~Felicity
October 2008 Dear Billie Joe,
Amnesty is having boy trouble. She had a “secret boyfriend” in 7th grade for about a month until I found out. But she told me her ex is really giving her trouble. He’s a big coward, is what she tells me. He had someone else ask her out for him and had her best friend tell her it’s over. And now that a new school year is in session, all these teenagers are back together and it’s really hard for her. Do you have any input or advice I can give her? ~Felicity
November 2008 Dear Felicity,
Amnesty’s first, of many, boy problems. What she should know it that boys that are her and Joey’s age are slowly going through life-changing things. Putting it bluntly, puberty. I’ll use Joey as an example. Although he’s not shy at all, he’s going through changes and sometimes it’s hard to make sense of it all. I’ll have you know this boy that is Amnesty’s ‘ex’ is just a jackass—he IS a coward. I taught my boys to be honest and treat a girl right, be honest with girls. We’re all fragile, especially during this stage of life—adolescence. He needs to apologize. He probably won’t because that’s what cowards do, they run from their problems. Tell Amnesty that her ‘ex’ is not worth her time. Just steer clear of him for a while, if anything, tell Amnesty to tell that boy how she feels about his cowardliness. It will prove that she is the stronger of the two and it will show that she doesn’t care anymore. If he can’t find the courage than he’s not worth it. I know you, Felicity, are strong and assertive, and I’m sure you’ve raised Amnesty to be like that. If you can convince Amnesty to stand up to her ‘ex’ and forget about him, then she will be the one to come out on top. This is a little petty boy thing. There are plenty of other boys who will take charge and be honest. And if not, in 4 years, she will have her own father to depend on. Hope you can pull some advice from that little rant. On a lighter note, I am thrilled! Can you believe we have a black President?! It’s awesome! GO OBAMA! ~Billie Joe
I went ahead and surprised Amnesty with those Jonas Brothers tickets. We drove down to Indy on July 23 and it was just a surreal moment for her. She couldn’t believe The Jonas Brothers were less than 100 feet from her. I think she had great time. She just had her 14th birthday and I got her a Jonas Brothers album she wanted called “A Little Bit Longer.”
On a little heavier note, I’m glad Amnesty is alive. She was in a bus crash. She’s OK. Don’t worry. A neighbor didn’t see the bus stopped and just rammed another car into the back of the bus. Every child was OK, but the guy in between the truck and the bus is in the hospital with minor injury. And the guy (the neighbor) who crashed into the car that crashed the bus was taken to the hospital too. Amnesty called me at work and told me she was fine. She told me about when she got home. Her ISTEP testing was cancelled because of the crash. She told me she was sitting in the very back and felt a sudden jolt forward and then a big cloud of smoke coming from the back of the bus. She assured me she was fine. When I got home I check for bruises and anything and everything. She’s totally fine. It’s all over and she’s doing great. ~Felicity
October 2008 Dear Billie Joe,
Amnesty is having boy trouble. She had a “secret boyfriend” in 7th grade for about a month until I found out. But she told me her ex is really giving her trouble. He’s a big coward, is what she tells me. He had someone else ask her out for him and had her best friend tell her it’s over. And now that a new school year is in session, all these teenagers are back together and it’s really hard for her. Do you have any input or advice I can give her? ~Felicity
November 2008 Dear Felicity,
Amnesty’s first, of many, boy problems. What she should know it that boys that are her and Joey’s age are slowly going through life-changing things. Putting it bluntly, puberty. I’ll use Joey as an example. Although he’s not shy at all, he’s going through changes and sometimes it’s hard to make sense of it all. I’ll have you know this boy that is Amnesty’s ‘ex’ is just a jackass—he IS a coward. I taught my boys to be honest and treat a girl right, be honest with girls. We’re all fragile, especially during this stage of life—adolescence. He needs to apologize. He probably won’t because that’s what cowards do, they run from their problems. Tell Amnesty that her ‘ex’ is not worth her time. Just steer clear of him for a while, if anything, tell Amnesty to tell that boy how she feels about his cowardliness. It will prove that she is the stronger of the two and it will show that she doesn’t care anymore. If he can’t find the courage than he’s not worth it. I know you, Felicity, are strong and assertive, and I’m sure you’ve raised Amnesty to be like that. If you can convince Amnesty to stand up to her ‘ex’ and forget about him, then she will be the one to come out on top. This is a little petty boy thing. There are plenty of other boys who will take charge and be honest. And if not, in 4 years, she will have her own father to depend on. Hope you can pull some advice from that little rant. On a lighter note, I am thrilled! Can you believe we have a black President?! It’s awesome! GO OBAMA! ~Billie Joe