Father-Daughter Dance
I taught at an elementary school in my early 20’s. At the end of the year, we would always put on a dance for 5th graders as like a last hurrah before moving on to middle school.
One year, we hired a DJ and it was really great. The kids and families were having a great time. Out of nowhere the DJ announces a “Father/Daughter” dance. Most of the girls pulled their dads out to the floor and started dancing, but not all of them.
A couple of co-workers and I noticed the girls who didn’t have Dads kind of cowering in a corner of the dance floor. We walked over and started dancing with them.
This wasn’t a big deal at all, and honestly was pretty forgettable, but cut to a few years later… I was attending a college graduation for a family friend. One of those girls was graduating that day as well.
She comes up to me and tells me how that meant a lot to her and that it’s one of her favorite memories from school. Story credit: Reddit / Apprehensive_Walk_48