Dada

That absolutely and 150% just made my day. All day I was feeling quite stressed (what else is new), and I got home from dance just now and my dad comes into my room with a lululemon bag. He says to me "try not to laugh too hard", and hands the bag to me. I open it and hold up a child-size lemon yellow tank top. At first I thought maybe it was one of those stretchy kind of shirts that are like one size fits all. Nope, he bought me a children's size 8 tank top. He goes on to say that he asked the salesperson what size would fit his 17 year old daughter and she said "probably a 6", so he finds this shirt on the sale rack and thinks it's an adult size 8. He's holding it up and thinking "Hmm.. it does look a little small, I guess it's stretchy." He gets up to the cash and the lady says "Oh, yes, that's our new children's line of clothing". It isn't until he has driven all the way home and shown it to my mum when he finally clues in!

But in all seriousness, this really did make my day. I am so happy that he took that extra time to think of me, and it almost makes it even better that he bought me a child's top. It is just such a dad thing to do. It makes me think of my sister and how she would always say "It's dad." with that casual little shrug, like those words made everything make sense. Well now is one of those moments. Maybe I am just over emotional but it almost made me tear up, I guess because it's just so good to see that he cares. Don't get me wrong, I am not materialistic and although it is nice that it's something I can wear, it isn't at all about that. I am just happy because it is these little things in life that make me smile and make everything worth it.