My Daughter Was Laughed at for Standing Alone at the Father-Daughter Dance—Until a Dozen Marines Walked Into the Gym

I smiled.

“Yes.”

She looked up at the sky.

“Do you think Dad saw me?”

I looked up too.

And for the first time in months, I didn’t hesitate.

“Yes,” I said softly. “I think he saw everything.”

The stars above us felt brighter than usual.

Not because the world had changed.

But because, somehow love had found a way to stay.