I’m grateful for sequins and shiny stuff all over my house and here’s why: via /r/gratitude

My wildly outgoing daughter had her prom last night and a bunch of her friends came over to get ready. Our house has always been the meet up place first before trick-or-treating on Halloween and later before Homecoming and now Prom.

Between five girls getting ready and then coming back after prom I woke up to glitter and sequins in every room of the house. I also was awoken at 1:30am after one of the girls taking such a long and hot shower after their night ended that the steam set off the smoke detector outside the bathroom.

I missed sleep and have a mess to clean but cannot complain a bit. I’m so happy that my daughter always has a crowd of friends for things like this. I’m also happy that there isn’t a mean girl amongst them. She’s made tons of friends her whole life and always makes friends we have no qualms about having around her or in our home.

She’s so unlike me. I was alone a lot in my teens and usually only had one close friend at a time then. I didn’t go to prom or any school event throughout high school. I was editor of the newspaper but not quite a social job.

I am so glad my daughter got my wife’s sociability genes. It’s so cool to see her outgoing and socially blossoming all these years. It just makes me happy that she will have all these memories which I didn’t get from my teens and this huge circle of friends.

My daughter and her friends can leave sequins all over my house anytime and I’ll still get up early to make them breakfast. I’m so grateful to see my daughter and her friends so happy and alive. Teen life should be just like this.

Edit to add: and I’m so grateful she unabashedly loves me and tells me so in front of her friends at 18 years old. They all shared their prom stories and photos and social media stuff with me this morning. I am such a blessed man.