8th Annual Best Time Ever Contest Winner

The Best Time I Ever Spent with Amy

      
      The weekend I spent in Marshfield with my sister, Rachel, was when I spent my best time ever with Amy. I spent the weekend at Rachel’s apartment instead of going to a wedding in Illinois with my parents.

 Amy is in her late 20’s and has Down’s Syndrome. I’ve known Amy for a while because we are good friends with her family in Wautoma. Amy also lived in Marshfield so we planned to take Amy to a movie and then dinner.

 When we got to Amy’s house, she was smiling and all ready to go. We could tell she was excited to get going! The theater was loud, and in some part, when the music got loud, Amy would jump in her seat. She was a little scared, but after the movie we could tell she had fun.

 After the movie, we went to get dinner. Amy would drop us hints that weren’t very subtle that she wanted Chinese. Even though we weren’t fans of Chinese, we said, “Sure, that sounds great!” Rachel and I just split a small appetizer of chicken wings and agreed to make a pizza for supper after we got back to her apartment. Meanwhile, Amy had three helpings of her food!
 Afterwards, we drove Amy back to her house. On the way, Amy pointed out every restaurant and what they served, what she liked, and so on.

 Not only did Rachel and I do something nice for Amy, but all of us had a blast! Amy and her mom were very appreciative of what we did, but we were just happy we had the opportunity to spend a great day with Amy!

Brooke Klemann
Parkside Middle School
Wautoma, Wisconsin
Parents/Guardians: Kathy and Jay Klemann