I wasn't very happy in high school: it was a confusing and sort of sad time for me.

This is what daughters did. They left, and came home later with lives of their own.

But for now, I just sat there on the bed and listened to my song. The one that had been written for me by a man who knew me not at all, now sung by the one who knew me best.

And while it is hard enough to take away something that makes a person happy it's even more difficult when it seems like it's the only thing.

I'd known enough people for every minute of the day, and yet still didn't have anyone as my two a.m.

Hey, and for what it's worth? Friends don't leave you alone in the woods. Friends are the ones who come and take you out.

You know," I told him,"if you don't know how to eat a cupcake, that's nothing to be ashamed of." Now he did smile. "I know how to eat a cupcake." "Sure you do." "I do," he said. "I just don't want one of those." "Yeah? Prove it.