I’m so grateful to have my parents. via /r/gratitude

I'm 17 y/o and i suffer with extreme social anxiety, i lost basically all of my friends because i fell into a pit of depression and stopped talking to them, i only really have one friend.

The yearly fair is open and i really wanted to go, it's actually one of my favorite things to do plus my anxiety hasn't been spiraling so thought it'd be a great thing to do. Well my best friend told me she doesn't want to go to the fair in our town and she'd rather wait for the one a town or so over because it's dangerous with past violence that's happened there so i was really bummed, anxious and honestly not too excited to go at that point but my parents took me still.

I was expecting to get on all the rides by myself and look like a loser. Until my father (nearing 50 y/o) ended up riding all of them with me. Normally i'd be embarrassed as any teen is when doing activities with their parents, but at that moment i felt no embarrassment, no shame, just pure happiness that i didn't have to be alone.

Now that i've came home i'm realizing how much of an amazing thing that is, he's getting old but he will never ever stop caring about making his family happy. I love my dad so much and i'm so very grateful for him, my mother, and every one of my family members for constantly supporting me even at my lowest points.