Lindsay Lohan celebrated her 40th birthday this week with a beach getaway and dinner party in the Hamptons, and the guest list told its own story: both her parents, Michael and Dina Lohan, were there together, marking a rare public reunion for the former couple more than fifteen years after their divorce.
Lohan was joined by her husband, Bader Shammas, their son, Luai, and her siblings Ali, Dakota, and Michael Jr. Close friends Stephen and Ayesha Curry, who are godparents to Lohan's son, were also among the guests as the evening wrapped up with a flower-covered birthday cake.
Marking the milestone on social media, Lohan reflected on how far she's come rather than looking back at old headlines. She wrote that the best chapters of her life are still ahead of her, not behind.
That sense of gratitude has been a running theme for Lohan in recent months. Ringing in the new year, she described herself as grounded and deeply thankful for her husband, her son, and her family - a tone that's marked much of her more recent, quieter chapter in Dubai and now back in the spotlight with a growing family of her own.
For a star whose younger years played out under near-constant public scrutiny, a birthday spent with both parents in the same room, by all accounts peacefully, is its own kind of good news.
