Get out the Tissues
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Jack K
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I was a TV news cameraman during the first gulf war. I shot many of these. We always worried the camera would be intrusive, since people never act normal with a TV camera around. But it seldom was. Somehow, the families involved seemed to forget all about the camera. 
Oh, and sometimes I would end up teary. That's another thing that never happens. Nothing can make a hardened TV news cameraman cry. Nothing, I tell you.
Oh, and sometimes I would end up teary. That's another thing that never happens. Nothing can make a hardened TV news cameraman cry. Nothing, I tell you.
ericfromcowtown
Puritan Board Sophomore
What was the odd "bible" verse at the end of the video?
Marrow Man
Drunk with Powder
Reformed Baptist
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Cried like a baby. I'm gonna hug my kids harder today.
Christopher88
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Yeap tears in the eyes.
Marrow Man
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Yep. Perhaps that's why the song is so difficult to understand. Perhaps it's in Nephili language or something like that.
christiana
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Cause to weep and to give thanks for such sacrifice by the troops and all the family members! So precious!
Very personal for me.
I've been very blessed to only be separated from my family for two long-term separations. The first one was in 2003 during OIF-I. We only had James at the time. I still remember how hard it was to see him developing from the pics and short videos Sonya would send in the mail. The attached image was taken about a month after I left and it always choked me up when I saw it. I had created a video for James while I was gone. I read stories to him and sang to him and he used to watch it almost daily. He didn't forget who I was and I still remember how big he seemed when I saw him 5 months after I left.
The next long separation was when I went to Okinawa in 2005. Sonya and our two kids couldn't come because Anna was a Class IV exceptional family member. By God's grace, that was resolved and I was reunited about 4 months after I departed. I still remember how big they both were. Anna was walking and looked so big. I met them at the airport and saw James mouth "Daddy" as he saw me through the glass.
Reunions are so sweet but I'd just assume forego them as the pain of separation is torture.
I've been very blessed to only be separated from my family for two long-term separations. The first one was in 2003 during OIF-I. We only had James at the time. I still remember how hard it was to see him developing from the pics and short videos Sonya would send in the mail. The attached image was taken about a month after I left and it always choked me up when I saw it. I had created a video for James while I was gone. I read stories to him and sang to him and he used to watch it almost daily. He didn't forget who I was and I still remember how big he seemed when I saw him 5 months after I left.
The next long separation was when I went to Okinawa in 2005. Sonya and our two kids couldn't come because Anna was a Class IV exceptional family member. By God's grace, that was resolved and I was reunited about 4 months after I departed. I still remember how big they both were. Anna was walking and looked so big. I met them at the airport and saw James mouth "Daddy" as he saw me through the glass.
Reunions are so sweet but I'd just assume forego them as the pain of separation is torture.
AThornquist
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I didn't even watch the video, but your picture alone made me well up, Rich.
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