• The Best Day
    I'm five years old it's getting cold I've got my big coat on
    I hear your laugh and look up smiling at you I run and run
    Past the pumpkin patch and the tractor rides look now the sky is gold
    I hug your legs and fall asleep on the way home

    I don't know why all the trees change in the fall
    I know you're not scared of anything at all
    Don't know if snow white's house is near or far away
    But i know I had the best day with you today

    I'm thirteen now and don't know how my friends could be so mean
    I come home crying and you hold me tight and grab the keys
    And we drive and drive until we found a town far enough away
    And we talk and window shop till I forgot all their names


    I don't know who I'm gonna talk to now at school
    But I know I'm laughing on the car ride home with you
    Don't know how long it's gonna take to feel ok
    But I know I had the best day with you today

    I have an excellent father
    His strength is making me stronger
    God smiles on my little brother
    Inside and out he's better than I am

    I grew up in a pretty house and I had space to run
    And I had the best days with you

    There is a video I found from back when i was three
    You set up a paint set in the kitchen and you're talking to me
    It's the age of princesses and pirate ships and the seven dwarfs
    Daddy's smart and you're the prettiest lady in the whole wide world

    Now I know why all the trees change in the fall
    I know you were on my side even when I was wrong
    And I love you for giving me your eyes
    Staying back and watching me shine and I didn't know if you knew
    So I'm taking this chance to say that I had the best day with you today


    There now I have a new song in my journal. Thought 16 year old Amanda.
    “Mom, has Todd called yet?” Yelled Amanda down the stairs.
    “No, why?”
    “We are supposed to do a report for school that’s due next week, and he was supposed to call.”
    “Well I’ll let you know when he calls.”
    “Wait, Mom is Weston on the phone?”
    “Yes, he is on the phone with his girlfriend.”
    Even though we are twins I was still born first by 5 minutes still he is younger and he has a girlfriend.
    “Well tell him to get off; Todd may have been calling while he was on the phone.”
    Brothers can’t live with them so the world would be better without them.
    Just then the phone rang.
    “I’ll get it!” Yelled Amanda.
    “Hello?”
    “Hi, Amanda?” Said a raspy voice that she could not make out weather is was a boy or a girl.
    “Yes, who is this?”
    “This is none of your concern, but I think you should know that Todd Bellflower wants to ask you in a date.”
    “Um… ok but who is this?”
    The other end of the line went dead so Amanda called Todd.
    “Todd?”
    “Yes”
    “This is Amanda. I just got a call saying that you wanted to ask me on a date is that true?”
    “Yes, but who told you?”
    “I don’t know because the person who called me had a raspy voice so I didn’t know if it was a guy or a girl.”
    “I should have known this was going to happen.”
    “What in the world is going on?”
    “Well… when I was dating Mara I told her that I liked you and I want to ask you on a date she broke up with me and said that she would tell you when she gets the chance.”
    “The nerve she has! Oh… and Todd yes I will go on a date with you. I have been dreaming for this day to come forever!”