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Hosted by Anton Rieke, Ladylike is a podcast born from one dad’s mission to raise his daughter with role models who lead with heart, grit, and grace. In each episode, Anton spends time learning from a remarkable woman, sitting down for a deep conversation about her journey.
From bakers to business owners, athletes to artists, these women are rewriting the rules of what it means to be strong, skilled, and “ladylike.” Episodes end with a letter to Anton’s daughter, Drew, reflecting on the lessons learned from each guest.
If you want a podcast that blends humor, heart, and hard truths, Ladylike invites you to listen in and leave inspired.
What's up, guys? Thank you for tuning into Ladylike for the second episode with Callie Watson and Hey Honey. Of course, if you're watching on YouTube, there's gonna be extra content over there. You can watch Callie and I decorate a cake. She gave me instructions only verbally, and then I did the rest.
Anton:It's pretty interesting. It's highly edited. I had a lot of fun with it and it could be worth the watch. This episode with Callie was awesome. We covered her life from high school all the way to now.
Anton:Some big moves to Alabama and Texas, the reestablishment of friendships and community in those places where she had no friends going into 2020. And we talked a lot about her parents and her company and Hey Honey and the baking she's doing. It was so much fun, and I hope you guys fall in love with her as much as I have. I'm gonna do things a little bit differently this episode, so I'm going to open with my letter to Drew, my dear Drew segment. And I'm gonna read that to you with Drew so you guys can see the tonality of what we're covering.
Anton:So we're gonna start out with that, and then we'll get right into the interview. Again, thank you so much for coming through and watching. I'm so excited to share this journey with you guys and with Drew, and we will see you soon. Yeah. So my bad, guys.
Anton:I didn't even think to tell you in that last portion. I'm in Aspen for the next couple of weeks. Most of the interest for these episodes will be from my new little Aspen studio. But anyway, dear Drew. Hey.
Anton:Callie reminded me of something I hope you never forget. There's power and gentleness. She bakes cakes, but what she's really doing is building something sacred, community, trust, care, one beautiful slice at a time. In a world that often rewards loud ambition, Callie is proof that you don't have to shout to be strong. Being ladylike in her case means remembering birthdays, decorating with love, and building a life that feels like home for others.
Anton:Someday you may wonder if being the soft one, the loyal one, the one who remembers is enough. I want you to know it absolutely is. The world needs more people who stay, who show up, who love through the small things. That's strength, and that's Ladylike. Love always, dad.
Anton:Be sure to follow us on Instagram and TikTok at ladylike underscore pod. Welcome back to Ladylike. Today, I'm with Callie from Hey Honey, and we are gonna be talking about her story and her history. So, Callie, I just kinda wanna kick it off learning a little bit about you. When you were a kid, did you envision yourself, like, doing baking?
Anton:Or what did you think what did you think you wanted to be grow when you grew up, and, how's that different than you are right now?
Callie:That's a really good question. I would say that I'm not surprised that I'm baking. I've I've been baking since a really young age, honestly, as long as I can remember. I think that at this point in my life, I thought I would have been a mom by now.
Anton:Yeah.
Callie:And so I would say growing up, like, I've heard this thing where as a child, whatever you invest the most in or whatever you play around with the most, like if you play school, then maybe you'll be a teacher, if that makes sense. But I always had a baby doll on my hip growing up. And so I think my dream job still is to be a mom. So but I would say baking is not a surprise.
Anton:Hey. Shout out to the men out there. Callie is looking for you. She's still looking to be a mom. So if anybody wants to make that happen
Callie:A mommy.
Anton:A mom. I'm a mommy. By the time this is posted, that might not even be a meme anymore. But I'm a mommy. Mommy?
Anton:Mama? So then I was also curious what made you go to Sanford College, go Bulldogs. Yeah. What was the the choice in that? And I guess, what did what did you even study?
Anton:I don't know what you studied.
Callie:Yeah. So I am from Georgia.
Anton:Mhmm.
Callie:And I always thought I would stay close to home, even for school. But I toured, I don't know how many, maybe like 10 different colleges and universities in Georgia. And I liked them, but, you know, hadn't really fallen in love with one. And then I really knew nothing about Alabama besides all of the poor, like, bad stereotypes. And so I went and toured, and it was the most beautiful university that I had ever been to.
Anton:Really?
Callie:And so if I'm being honest, I kinda chose it because it was really pretty.
Anton:I mean, that's a good reason. I honestly I feel that. Like, have you been to Rhodes before in Memphis? No. Mm-mm.
Anton:It's the most beautiful school and the most scary area. If you're from Memphis, don't find me. Like, stay in Memphis. But Rhodes is it looks like Harry Potter.
Callie:Really?
Anton:Yeah. Okay. So, what did you study at Sanford?
Callie:I studied human development and family Nice. So, the way I describe my degree, I had classes such as parenting, infant and child development, multicultural perspectives, adolescent and adult development, marriage and family. And I really just learned how to take care of people, honestly.
Anton:Nice. Yeah. That's awesome. And so, what did you think, you were thinking at that point, you were going for your dream job of being a mom. Yeah.
Anton:I was gonna ask, what did you think, like, when you're in school, what's your plan after school, what was kind of going through your head, and what'd you end up deciding, and how'd you decide that?
Callie:Yeah, so I actually started out as a health science major
Anton:Cool.
Callie:To then go on and do occupational therapy. But I, in one of my classes for health sciences, I had to observe 10 different OTs, and I truly did not enjoy any of my experiences, so I took that as a sign I probably shouldn't do that. Yeah. But just to kinda keep that in my back pocket, my advisor in college, she advised me to do human development because I could still go into OT if I wanted to.
Anton:Okay.
Callie:But if not, she was like, think you would really enjoy these classes. Yeah. So that's why I settled on human development, and then there are a few different opportunities, a few different things I could have studied post grad. None of them really caught my attention so much to the point that I wanted to continue my education. But, yeah, I would say just I've just always wanted to work with people, hands on, helping people
Anton:Yeah.
Callie:Which you really can do that in any job if you think about it.
Anton:That's totally true, and I see you do that in your personal life. Thanks. So tell me about leaving, coming to Texas. What I honestly don't know, and I've known you for a long time. Yeah.
Anton:What got you to Texas and Mhmm. A little bit of that story.
Callie:Okay. So I feel like that goes really well right off of what I was just talking about. So when I graduated from Sanford, I truly had no idea what I wanted to do with my degree. A lot of the girls that I graduated with, and yes, I said girls, I think there were, like, no guys in my nature.
Anton:That's awesome.
Callie:Maybe like two.
Anton:Yeah.
Callie:A lot of my friends were either also not continuing education or becoming social workers or becoming therapists of different kinds. So I just wasn't ready to commit to one of those avenues quite yet. And so I actually interned overseas with a missions nonprofit called No Mission way. Of
Anton:I did not know that. Yeah. Woah.
Callie:So I between graduation and before I left, I worked for a wedding planner. Okay. Just doing their social media, like, admin tasks. And then I was supposed to be in Haiti for four months overseas, but that's when a lot of the unrest started picking up in Haiti. So long story short, I came to Cedar Park for like two weeks and then bebopped around to different countries with Mission of Hope, working with Haitian refugees just, yeah.
Callie:Serving the people in The Caribbean. And so when I finished my internship, I went back to Birmingham, Alabama, and I was just praying for open doors for work. I went back to the wedding planner and was helping her some, but was really just craving direction. And the only door that continued to open was Mission of Hope in Cedar Park.
Anton:Woah.
Callie:Kept calling me and asking if I would move here to work for them. And I continued to say no because I did not want to live in Texas.
Anton:That
Callie:would have put me, and it has put me like thirteen hours away from family. So it just kind of clicked one day and I just have never felt honestly so confident in a decision in my life of, you know, don't really want to move far away. I have really not a huge interest in this job, but I just felt so much peace about moving here.
Anton:Wow. Yeah. And so after that, I think at least what I know about you is that you worked for a couple nonprofits, and that's what you were doing here. Mhmm. How did you get integrated into, like, your friend group?
Anton:How'd restart in a new city?
Callie:So I didn't know anyone in Texas besides a few people from the office. And so my friend, Ellie, from college, her parents live like three minutes from the Mission of Hope office. And she was like, before, you know, like, as you're moving to a new place, if you wanna live with my family, before you get the opportunity to meet new people
Anton:Mhmm.
Callie:You you have a spot at my
Anton:family's That's crazy.
Callie:That's was really cool. Yeah. And so, yeah, I moved in. It was a very quick process. Think they I finally said yes to working for Mission of Hope in December, and then I moved in January, the January 2020, so right before COVID.
Anton:Wow.
Callie:And to this family's house, I had met the mom once, I think. Had never met the dad, and her brother, who's my age, also was living at the house.
Anton:Oh my gosh.
Callie:Yes.
Anton:I didn't know you took such a huge step. Really brave.
Callie:Thank you.
Anton:I mean, honestly.
Callie:No, I'm I'm like surprised that I don't know how old I was at the time. 22 year old Callie did that.
Anton:That is crazy.
Callie:I mean, I truly think that's just a testament of, I just felt so confident and that's what the Lord wanted me to do. Yeah. So I was like, he's gonna take care of the rest, and he did.
Anton:Were you so I remember when I went to college, I suffered, like, some serious loneliness and sadness. I think a lot of freshmen in college experienced that. Obviously, you probably felt that in college being in a different state, but then moving to a whole another state afterwards, How was that in 2020 when you're all isolated, you can't leave the house basically? Yeah. What was that like?
Callie:Yeah. During my internship with Mission of Hope, we had this lady who discipled us, and she gave me a piece of advice that I have carried with me in every season. It was where you are today, plant your roots really deep. Pretend like you're gonna be here for the next fifty years and if tomorrow God calls you somewhere else, then uproot and then plant your roots really deep right there too.
Anton:Wow.
Callie:And so I think when it came to you know, when I moved here, I thought I was gonna be here for a year and a half. That was my contract with work.
Anton:Wow.
Callie:And so I just told myself, whatever that looks like, I'm gonna just plant my roots really deep. So that looked like, for me, going to community group every chance I had, saying yes to social events that maybe I didn't want to go to, but that could allow me to meet new people. And then I kind of just started clinging onto a few people that I really respected, that I had a good time with. And then there, I think it just kind of snowballed into this community that I have.
Anton:That's crazy. Yeah. I mean, yeah, it's insane. We'll talk about it more later, but Callie's one of the most giving, well connected people that I know. Starting Hey Honey, it's kind of a big leap.
Anton:Right? I can't imagine myself just deciding that I was gonna start selling baked goods. I think that would go really poorly. But what gave you the confidence to just, like, go for it and start Hey Honey?
Callie:I would say the same the community that we were just talking about. I would say that, you know, I think it definitely started out as just a humble side hustle, a hobby of mine, and I think most times when I bake something and someone tries it, I think just seeing their reaction and just kind of getting to hear, like, I brought this cake to a birthday and everyone loved it. The restaurant was asking about it.
Anton:Yeah.
Callie:I think that has just boosted my confidence a lot. And so I think I've just had more and more people around me, including my family and so many of my friends, including you, just really encouraging me to really take a step of faith to pursue this. And I think for the longest time, when I would hear my friends say, like, oh, you should you should try doing this more full time, I received it as, oh, like, that's a cute hobby. Like, you could you know, almost like a a fake. I don't know.
Callie:Yeah. It just didn't seem like an actual opportunity that I could take or go for. But I think I've had some friends be a little bit more stern with me of, like or, honestly, like, Anton, you building me a website, I think I told you it made me cry. Yeah. Because I was like, wow.
Callie:Like, he wouldn't have just spent time forming a website for me if he didn't think that this is something that I could really do. A 100%. So I think it's been my friends being a little bit more, whether it's being stern with me or, being really generous with their talents and efforts to help me launch it has given And me the
Anton:to give more context, Callie has, you have been doing Hey Honey part time for a long time. You've done some weddings, you've done a lot of birthdays, you've done a lot of things in general, pop ups, you worked along Butter Boy. You've done a lot of things, but you haven't done Hey Honey full time and gone both feet in the water and dove in. And so that's more what you're talking about is, like, kinda just going for it. And I will say that I truly believe in Callie's stuff so much that I built her website because I genuinely was like, she needs to get out there.
Anton:Like, more people need to know Callie and know your your baked goods, and so that's the whole idea behind that. Can you talk a little bit about the first wedding you did, or the first thing that you did that you're like, wow, this is kinda big. Go, I'm doing You know?
Callie:Felt a little bit of the impostor syndrome. Yeah. And I still feel that some to this day, which I think there's healthy amount of time Yeah. To
Anton:think so.
Callie:But, yeah, my first wedding, it was just a simple two tiered cake, Cortland with Love Lily, flowers, she did the flowers, put flowers on the cake, and it looks beautiful. And the bride was super happy, and I I actually had a couple of friends help me deliver it, and it was just a really sweet moment of, like, wow. This is not only a large cake, but a large cake for a really special event
Anton:Yeah.
Callie:In someone's life.
Anton:A big day. Mhmm. The name Hey Honey is nostalgic, and it brings the idea of, like, sweetness. What made you come up with that name for the the baking company?
Callie:So I I just love the word honey. Like, I think that it is a play to the south. Growing up in Georgia, not so much in my family. My aunt Rebecca, she'll say, hey, honey. But I would say, hey, honey just seems a little bit like a nod to Georgia where I grew up, and it just is like a term of endearment.
Callie:Mhmm. Really, like, warm and welcoming. Kinda just makes you feel a little bit safe, I think.
Anton:It does.
Callie:And then I also, at one point, did a word study of the word honey in the Bible. Oh. Just like the Lord's word is like a honeycomb. I'm gonna forget.
Anton:That sounded good to me. I was like, wow, the Lord's word is a honeycomb. I was like, yeah.
Callie:I do think that there I actually was just reading it. And so I think combining those two things, honey being in scripture, and then also just the comfort of the word and the term of endearment.
Anton:Yeah. I think it really is a great name, and I wish I came up with it. You're one of the most available and helpful people that I know in my world. And when we had Drew, like, you're babysitting Drew tomorrow for date night for Anna and I. And not only that, I know that you help out a lot with your neighbors and their kids, and like, you've just been a very constant presence in so many people's lives and struggles and things they're dealing with an extra burden.
Anton:What has made you like that? Like, genuinely, do you think that like, way you grew up, obviously faith, but would love to hear about that.
Callie:Yeah. I would say, honestly, my parents have always modeled that extremely well for me. Even now when I go home, you know, they're constantly serving people. They will have, like, now my parents do need some help around the farm sometimes, but there's a girl down the street who, my mom with her Parkinson's needs a little bit of help. She's strong and she could do it herself, but they met this teenage girl who could have used some work, so they hire her to come help my mom.
Callie:Just like any opportunity my parents see to serve other people, they jump on it.
Anton:That's interesting.
Callie:And I really just think that I saw the way that that served and helped people growing up, but then also just the return. You know, you shouldn't, we don't serve so that we receive anything in return, I think just, you know, I don't know, something about serving other people makes me feel closer to my family in a way. But I would say both that and also I just, in scripture, the Lord is always serving. Jesus was always serving people. And I think too, you know, to take it quite literally, like treat other people how you wanna be treated.
Callie:Again, not serving to receive something in return, but I just know when people serve me, what a gift and a blessing that is. And so, yeah.
Anton:That's awesome. And that is one of the reasons that I definitely wanted to do Ladylike with you. I mean, we recorded a different episode for a different podcast, and I think that was great content. We talked a lot about Hey Honey. But the idea of Ladylike is that I want my daughter to have role models to grow up into and to be like.
Anton:And I feel like that you are definitely that type of person. I would love for Drew to have a servant heart like you, and be so involved, and be so caring, and have great community, and be able to move to a different city, and integrate perfectly. I just wanna applaud you for that because that is incredible. Who shows up for you in the way that you show up for others? Who's showing up There for
Callie:there are certain people I think sometimes as I don't want this podcast to be about being single. No. But I think sometimes as a single person or, like, I I don't have kids for people to serve. Mhmm. I don't have, like, I don't know.
Callie:I think sometimes it can be hard for me to even imagine, like, how could I ask for help or how could people serve me? But I think in this season of life, I see so many of my friends serving me through asking me to hang out, asking me to go to dinner or cook me a meal, or honestly, feels like I'm being served by being asked to just be a part of their family. So, like, honestly, like, you and Anna come to mind of even just being pursued in in questions, how are you doing? What are you up to today? Do you want to join you know, Anna will ask, do you wanna join me and Drew as Yeah.
Callie:We have, I don't know, play at the house.
Anton:Yeah. Yeah.
Callie:Yeah. Yeah. Just getting to tag along. Or I recently had a friend who, as a thank you for serving her family, she took me to a really nice dinner.
Anton:Mhmm. Where'd you go?
Callie:We we we went to Suerte.
Anton:Yeah. Yeah. Okay.
Callie:It was really nice. Yeah. And, yeah, that I think I just felt, like, really seen and appreciated. But, yeah, I would say there are just really simple things that people do that I feel served by.
Anton:That's awesome. Okay, so how has Hey Honey changed you, not just professionally, but personally? How has doing Hey Honey changed you?
Callie:I don't know, it's made me more confident. I feel like I'm proud of the work that I do. I'm proud of each different dessert that I make and the way that it blesses whoever's receiving it. I think it has really made me step outside of my comfort zone, specifically with going full time. I always have room to grow in baking, but, like, for now, I have that down.
Callie:But as far as how to build a business, I have zero idea. And so I think it's made me it's been really humbling of it's been humbling, but also a confidence boost at the same time.
Anton:Yeah.
Callie:I never thought that I would start a business.
Anton:We've talked a lot about cakes, but I know you're doing way more than cake. So what what are you doing?
Callie:So my friend Victoria actually told me not too long ago to keep it small and to have
Anton:a more
Callie:niche menu. I would say the main things that you would find on my website Mhmm. Would be strawberry shortcakes, which is my granny's pound cake recipe.
Anton:Granny's pound cake recipe.
Callie:That's when you know it's good when it's granny's.
Anton:For real. Jeez.
Callie:With homemade whipped cream and strawberries. Wow. I think that's my favorite thing that I make. That oatmeal cream pies Mhmm. And just eight inch round cakes, but a variety of flavors.
Callie:Yep. I feel confident that I could bake most things, but trying to have that niche menu.
Anton:Everything that I've had that you've made has been really, really good, and I'm not just saying that for the podcast.
Callie:Thanks, Anton.
Anton:When you look at your work and your life, what are you most proud of today?
Callie:I think I am just most proud of my community. So many of our friends are foster parents. So many of our friends are stepping out into really beautiful and exciting and hard things. And so I think I just feel I'm not proud because it's mine. I'm a part of it, but I think I'm just proud of all of my friends and that I get to be a part of it.
Anton:Totally. And that's what I'm really excited with Ladylike to do is highlight all those cool women doing great things. There's good there's guys out there that are doing cool things too, but I didn't didn't grow up with parents like you, and I didn't grow up with parents that were service oriented. I actually grew up with parents that were reclusive and didn't want to serve and didn't want to have more friends. They felt like they had enough.
Anton:And I think what's amazing is Drew gets to grow up seeing that model, not only by you, but all these other women and men that are doing really cool things. And it's not just foster families, it's raising kids that have disabilities. It's starting your own business. It's going through the ups and downs of relational life in general. I think it's an incredible story to tell.
Anton:So I also feel very proud of the thing that you feel the most proud of at this point in life. So I just wanted to shut that out. What are you dreaming about nowadays?
Callie:Oh, I do think it would be really fun to have a baking book one day. Oh. And I've tried to get my mama to start this with me, but she's not so interested.
Anton:Yeah. What'd you try to get your mama to start with Mama. Yeah.
Callie:So I learned so much of what I know about hospitality, serving, baking, cooking from my mama and my granny and my grandmama. And I would love to write a book about all of those things. So maybe some recipes sprinkled in here and there, specifically family recipes, granny's pound cake. That's a sealed secret right now, but maybe one day it'll be in a book.
Anton:Like Krabby Patty secret formula. Yes. Yeah.
Callie:But I just imagine, like, I don't know, a page or a chapter on how to set a beautiful tablescape or how to I don't know. How to create a welcoming environment for your guests and then have different recipes sprinkled in there. Yeah. I think that would be a dream of mine.
Anton:I I actually haven't heard too much about your mama and your Grammy and your grandmama. Uh-huh. Is that what it was? Uh-huh. Yeah.
Anton:Tell me about the matriarchs in your life. Mhmm. That seems important for what Yeah. I'm trying to accomplish
Callie:Okay, so my grandmama, she actually passed away when I was in seventh grade.
Anton:I know.
Callie:But she was the strongest woman that I know. I would say my mom is right up there with her. She had cancer, so I watched her battle cancer. I was in seventh grade, so definitely have a lot of memories with her. She was just the most loving, caring, saw every detail, every need that needed to be met.
Callie:And then, so that's my daddy's mama.
Anton:Daddy's mama.
Callie:Yeah. I feel like I need to say my dad's
Anton:That's right. No. That's your that is your daddy's mama.
Callie:So And then my granny is my mama's mama. She is just so beautiful. She is still alive. And every time I see her, she even if she's doing nothing that day, she just has on her mascara, her lipstick, and she is just ready to go. Her blush, maybe a little bit too much blush.
Anton:Well, she won't listen to
Callie:this, right? Yeah. She's just like one of the most beautiful people that I know. Very hardworking, such a good mom. And then my mama, through like her Parkinson's diagnosis, she has just like had the most beautiful and positive outlook even on really hard days.
Callie:She is kinda similar to what I was saying about my grandmomma. She just doesn't put up with crap, that's even from her own self. She's like, I am not gonna let this get me down. Yeah. I do see a lot of each of them in me.
Callie:They all, but I think especially my mom has given me the freedom, and my dad too, but given me the freedom to make decisions and to move to Texas knowing no one, but also always being a safe place to fall back on.
Anton:What women do you look up to in your life now?
Callie:Besides the women in my family. I think of so many people. One of them is my friend Rachel. She has, her and her husband have adopted two kiddos with special needs and I think Rachel is very ladylike in that sense of like, she's one of the strongest women that I know. Her and her husband's ability to say yes to fostering, yes to adopting, and yeah, just how the beautiful struggle of being parents of two kids with disabilities.
Callie:Honestly, I can't think of a single one of my, like, girlfriends that I don't look up to.
Anton:Well, do wanna say this. Rachel getting on the podcast. Okay? You have got the shout out now, and it's time for you to come on the podcast.
Callie:Well, I think I think a lot of the women I look up to also are paired with, like, really incredible men. As I've gotten to know y'all more, I think I saw Anna and you say yes to fostering. Honestly, that's a whole other thing that we could talk about
Anton:Mhmm.
Callie:That you should have people on your about, is the way that our community has stepped into the foster care world, and all of the really beautiful things that y'all walked through with that, and also all of the really hard things that you're still walking through with that. Yeah. And then also just, I think one of the coolest things is watching my friends, including Anna, become moms. I just think that it opens up a whole new world to my friends in their personalities, in the way that they view themselves, view their families. But I would say it's just been really cool watching Anna and what I look up to in her, how quick it is for Anna to say yes to serve other people.
Callie:It's kind of just even really nice running alongside of someone who's serving that way. Cortland.
Anton:Shout out Cortland.
Callie:Cortland's amazing.
Anton:She's funny.
Callie:The fact that I should know how old Love Lily is, but I don't
Anton:She started it in freshman year of college. Yeah. Sophomore year of college.
Callie:I'm like, that is crazy.
Anton:Yeah. We're old.
Callie:We are. We are pretty old.
Anton:Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Callie:But, yeah, just the fact that Cortland started a business at such a young age, and like, yeah, she's a badass.
Anton:She is.
Callie:Also, she's a foster mom and a bio mom.
Anton:Yeah. I will say about Anna, it's a great thing that she goes out there and serves, but sometimes she just assumes that we're all on board for that scenario. As her husband, sometimes I'm like, we're doing what? What? I'm just kidding.
Anton:Okay. So what's a quality in yourself that you hope girls like Drew grow up seeing more of in the world?
Callie:I think at least something that I like to believe about myself. I don't know if it's true. Maybe you can tell me. But I think something that is really refreshing and I wish more people did more of is to not take themselves too seriously. Like, if I'm doing really well at something, it's like remaining or continuing to have humility.
Callie:If I'm failing at something, it's continuing to have humility and just not being too hard on myself. But yeah, I think just this like lightheartedness.
Anton:How has watching a woman that you looked up to going through a sickness affected you today?
Callie:Mhmm. Yeah, I think that, I mean, no one, we all know that our parents are getting older. We're getting older But every I think that no one anticipates themselves or their parents having a diagnosis of whatever that may be. Honestly, it's been really scary and sad. I've spent a lot of time crying about it and just like the uncertainty of what will her quality of life look like in a year, in ten years.
Callie:And yeah, I think I've just always imagined having healthy parents for a really long time. But I think what feels really encouraging about my mom, as I mentioned earlier, is just her resilience and the fact that she is not going to let, hasn't yet, like, let Parkinson's get her down. She is willing and does try anything and everything she can think of, anything that she hears of, unless it would be harmful, she tries it. And so, yeah, I honestly think that it has been, it's been really, really hard.
Anton:What did your dad do right? And then what did he do wrong after? But I wanna hear what did he do right as a girl dad. You know, like, I wanna know what he did to make you the woman that you are. Also, I've seen pictures of him recently.
Anton:He looks like a fine fella. And so but love to learn a little bit about him and what he did right Mhmm. As a daddy, as you would say. What did your daddy do right? Sorry.
Callie:Sorry. Feel like for the podcast, I have to say my dad. Normally, I'm referring to him, I do say my dad because I feel weird.
Anton:Oh, you you don't say daddy?
Callie:I have never I do not think I've ever called him dad.
Anton:Call him daddy.
Callie:But I but if I'm saying like, hey, Anton. My dad said this. I my dad worked I don't even know how many hours a week. And so the time that I got to see him didn't feel like a lot. But when I got to see him, it was all hands on deck.
Callie:Like, he we called them daddy daughter dates. And so I actually when I saw him recently, I asked him, I was like, what did we used to do on those? And he said we'd go to Red Lobster and we would go to the movies.
Anton:Nice. Yeah. That's a really great daddy daughter game. Yeah. I mean, jeez.
Callie:But really, you know, it was just a time for us to have, like, one on one time. But I just remember, like, one of some of my fondest memories growing up with my dad is when we would have that one on one time. I also recognize that he worked really hard to provide and, like, give us the life that I had growing up. So, yeah, I think I loved seeing his hard work ethic and getting that one on one time.
Anton:Nice. I've already said it a couple times, but I wanna bring it home that genuinely I would be so honored for Drew to look up to you and to be like you as an adult woman. I think you embody so many things about, I think, what ladylike is. You are very ladylike in the sense that you're pretty feminine as a person in a great way. But also, it's like you embody ladylike in the sense that you've been really brave.
Anton:I can see that in your journey from going to different states and taking different jobs and starting a new company and going on doing things. Like, you have been brave. And I think that's an important piece of being ladylike. So I just want to shout out you, shout out Callie, shout out Hey Honey. And, yeah, thank you again for the time.
Callie:Thanks, Anton. That really means a lot. That was so sweet. Yes. Aw.
Callie:I love that. Yeah.