While sorting through the daily blogs and news sites this morning, I visited The Other McCain (as usual). For those of you that have not had the pleasure of meeting Stacy McCain and his faithful sidekick Smitty, you have missed a treat. I was fortunate enought to meet them both at CPAC this year.
Well, Smitty has posted a video he promises will extract tears from Chuck Norris. I don’t know about Chuck, but for this Navy Vet, I must admit an abnormally large amount of liquid in my eyes.
I was single my entire enlistment, so my experience with homecomings while a sailor are purely vicarious. But I am a sap when I see the tears of joy from a child seeing their military parent return after a long absence and surprise them.
None of the people in this video were aware that their loved one was returning. Grab a box of Kleenex and click play:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkGzqpGx1KU[/youtube]
About Tom White
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
Very Nice !!
Tom,
I didn’t think I was really going to need tissues. I was wrong!
Tears of joy, Sean. Any veteran knows what that feels like. It is a joyous occasion when it is expected, but pure, raw emotion when it is unexpected. I think this video helps people realize that our soldiers are human. Sometimes people forget the sacrifice.
You and I never will.