I first heart the hauntingly beautiful voice of Daniel Johnston in the mid 1990's. I was a Marine stationed in North Carolina. During my free time I frequented many music stores and met some great people. One of the music store guys gave me a copied tape of Daniel Johnston. This by far is my favorite of his songs.
A couple years back I watched the documentary on him The Devil and Daniel Johnston. It made his music even more compelling, and it hit home. My dear Maggie girl already has suffered times of depression and sadness. She sometimes wonders why she has no friends and if she will ever have one friend to be her forever friend. She is an amazing seven year old artist. She is moody and so loving at the same time.
She cries sometimes thinking of all the friends she thought she had. Then we moved three miles away. Those friends are still local and she is left to the side. I know she can be hard to handle, but it seems so unfair for a child to suffer the way she does.
I want her to know in the end she will have at least one good friend. She may not have that friend now or even five years for now, but I know that friendship will be the truest love she will ever have. I just hope she has her eyes and heart open to see it, and not be closed off like I once was.....