Lamh Foistenach Abu!
Posted on 06/05/2009 3:06:23 PM PDT by Pyro7480
Air Force Master Sgt. Joseph Myers had only one wish while in the desert sands of Iraq: Get home before the end of his daughter's fourth-grade year.
It almost didn't happen. Almost.
On Thursday, the next-to-last day of class at Randolph Elementary School, the airman's wish came true.
An emotional Myers, still dressed in his brown-and-tan fatigues, surprised his daughter in her class, returning from a year in Iraq nine days before his tour ended.
Hannah Eschrig's jaw dropped and she began crying as her father lifted her into an embrace. Several minutes passed as the hug continued before Hannah could even speak.
“It was the culmination of 350 days of waiting to be back with my daughter and family,” said Myers, 41. “I missed an entire fourth-grade year. My goal was to be back before her final day so I could say I was there; it was awesome.”
The Air Force informed Myers of his early return a few weeks ago, and when his wife told a coworker, the idea of a surprise was born. To make it happen, Tami Myers worked with the public affairs department at Randolph AFB and with the school, which serves the children of military parents, many of whom are deployed in combat zones and elsewhere overseas....
(Excerpt) Read more at mysanantonio.com ...
What is this saline solution coming from my eyes???
Grab your tissies as you may need them.
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
That’s an affirmative.
God bless them.
That was great!
Thanks for posting Pyro, and the ping Sandy.
Bump!
My monitor is all fuzzy looking now. wow!
My tissue box is already empty. Wonderful story, thank you!
Wow. Ir syre messed up mu miniter..*snif*
That was so neat, Sand Rat. Thanks.
sorry Gabz, video, the story will make you tear up as well...
Yep, it totally blurs our right after she gives her dad a fierce hug. God Bless them and all who worked hard to make that happen.
bump this forever...this is a keeper....I kept hitting replay time after time after time...
I love a story with a happy ending....and I needed one today.
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