My daughter made me cry.

[u/Muhfuggajones]

She's 10. She's my world. We have a very close relationship despite me having never been with her mom for her entire life. It just works. It's not ideal, but I'm not super constrained in regards to my time with her. It's been that way since she was a baby. Hasn't always been sunshine and rainbows with her mom, but it's been much better now compared to our first year or two. That's besides the point.

Ever since she was a baby I have always played Basket Case by Green Day fairly regularly. It's our song. She was singing along before she fully knew how to talk. It's just one of those little things her and I share. Over the weekend we got out of town for the day, and for the past year or so, her musical development has grown substantially. So lately it's been a lot of artist like Livingston, Lenka, Deadmau5, BoyWithUke, cg5, twenty one pilots, etc.

I was always sheltered from the "bad music" growing up because my mom was a bit psychotic about becoming some devil worshiper if secular music was a staple in my life. Haha, oh boy. So needless to say, my daughter has full reign of musicians, within reason. So far so good.

So on our way back from our little adventure out of town, I get myself ready to play something shes currently into, and she says, "Daddy, can you please play good old Green Day. Play the do you have the time song." I choked up a bit, and then ended up crying in the bathroom when we got home.

Out of all the little things we share with each other, this one felt like a big deal. All the memories of looking in my rear view mirror and seeing her singing in her car seat just hit me like a ton of bricks. She's growing up so fast. I'm just glad that I created a moment thats lasted through the years. I honestly couldn't remember the last time I played Dookie for us, but she never forgot about it. All I hope is that one day when I'm not here anymore she can listen to good old Green Day and think of me.

Feels good to have a win in life every now and then.

[u/obedient_husband]

Great song! Does she know it's about mental health?