Fourteen months to the day Brandon left home,
he returned and surprised the girls at school!
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Hope was speechless. And that is saying something. She just hugged him, no, clung to him, for the longest time.
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Rhema, who used to never seem to notice us or greet us, was all giggles and melted in Daddy’s arms.
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(Here’s a link to the news story if you cannot get Youtube):
http://www1.whdh.com/video/player/?clipId=5239695&clipFormat=flv&topVideoCatNo=72115#?autoStart
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*Link to The Salem News: A Happy Homecoming
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Sweet day. Thank you, Lord.
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That’s the best thing I’ve seen all day! Thanks for sharing it, and I’m so super thrilled that your family is all together again. I bet you could just cry with the relief.
Finding that video on the news website was the first thing I did when I got home from a school meeting tonight at 8:30! I cried! I’m so happy for you guys!
AWESOME! Welcome safe home, Brandon! Great to see the reunion- both girls were SO enthusiastic! I am so happy for you guys!
Tears of joy! That’s the most beautiful reunion ever!
This is the most heartwarming story I’ve seen in a long time!!
Thank you so much for sharing your family with me. Thanking God for reuniting your family.
Thanks so much for sharing this! Rhema absolutely ADORES her daddy! I love how she is just touching and squishing his face and nestling into him.
I am so happy for you all!!!!! What a wonderful reunion!
I love Rhema’s eye contact, they have’nt missed a beat.
You 4 make a beautiful family! I am just so happy for Brandon’s safe return.
So happy for all of you! Wonderful, wonderful reunion.
Praise God! I just so happened to blog about this today, too!
No words for the glory of that reunion! The love on Rhema’s face was priceless. Absolutely priceless.
And I love the fact that there is no longer an address on your blog to write to Brandon thousands of miles away! Have a beautiful weekend TOGETHER.
This is so beautiful. Thank you. Thank you for sharing this, and thank you for your sacrifices.
Love you to pieces.
So happy for you guys, you are an inspiration to us in SO many ways. May God continue to bless your beautiful family.
What a treasure these photos and the news story are .. Thank God Brandon is home safe. I am so happy you are all together again and so grateful to your family for your sacrifice. Praying now that the road gets a bit easier..
Favorite part: Rhema touching Daddy’s face .. Love, love..
Precious. Amazing. Breathtaking. Priceless.
God bless your family.
yay!! Blinking away happy tears! i’ve been thinking of your family so much! i’m glad he’s home. The video is so special! (Fun surprise for the girls!!!!)
Brandon may not be very emotional but *I* am!!! Tears streaming down my cheeks! A sweet day indeed!
Praying for many more sweet days ahead for your beautiful family!
Oh wow, you needed a tissue alert for that one. I went through three, and I have a British stiff upper lip!
So beautiful! I hope you’re all enjoying your time together.
Thank you Jesus!!! Jeniel you are awesome!!! God is soooo good!
Did you see Rhema rubbing her face all over Daddy’s?!!! Priceless!! So much catching up to do!!
Yay!!! Still crying happy tears for you!
(Also, good to hear your voice for the first time!
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May your time together bring all the joys and bonding that was felt in Brandon’s absence. Having dadddy home is so very special for the girls. Be blessed, thank you for sharing the video. I would have missed it other wise
So, so happy to see your family together!
So sweet.
May you guys be blessed.
Praise the Lord!! Tears are running down our face! The channel 7 news story was a well deserved honor for all of you. We are so proud of the sacrifice that you made as a family. Love and miss you.
Love,
Tra’Vorus, Gena, Elianah & Simirah
Oh Jeniel, I am so, so excited to see that he’s returned home safely to you and your daughters!! The video was *awesome* what a beautiful homecoming
. Crying happy tears over here!
Sorry for my lateness, finally home! But oh my goodness, was that awesome! That’s the highlight of my day for sure, seeing Brandon surprise the girls. I bet they will remember that forever.
My husband and I watched this together… I kept reminding him that this was my friend and her husband, both valiant warriors in life! We’re so very proud of you both and pray that this transition back into home life goes smoothly for everyone. I just hate it that you’re not coming back to Bragg.
Blessings and peace all around. Truly, you both embody what it means to be an American hero; spiritual ones as well.
peace~elaine
Just precious.
Hope and I, we have the same problem……SPEECHLESS, oh he is safe and he is home with his girls….
So happy for you all!
Wow what a moment
AWESOME! Such a beautiful video.
Brandon is so gentle and gracious, and you my dear….HOW do you look so good? Huh? What’s your secret?
I am so happy you are all together again.
Love.
Love.
Love.
This is so beautiful.
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This is just incredible. Brought tears to my eyes. You must have been so happy and overwhelmed.
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