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Soldier returns from Iraq, surprises children

Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:28 pm
by 308Mike
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Soldier returns from Iraq, surprises children

By Joanne Bratton - The Baxter Bulletin via AP
Posted : Friday Dec 19, 2008 10:02:14 EST

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. — All Jeanna Grcich wanted for Christmas was for her daddy to come home. On Wednesday, the 8-year-old got her wish when Sgt. Chris Grcich appeared in her classroom at Nelson-Wilks-Herron Elementary School after serving nine months in Iraq.

After standing in shock for a second, Jeanna dropped the Christmas card she and her sister, Caitlyn, 9, had been making for him and they both ran into his arms.

“Happy birthday, sweetheart,” Chris Grcich told Jeanna, whose birthday was on Tuesday and who wished for him to come home when she blew out the candles.

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Re: Soldier returns from Iraq, surprises children

Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:36 pm
by princewally
The longer I am a father, the more easily this type of stuff tears me up. That's one helluva Christmas present for the kids. And the parents.

Re: Soldier returns from Iraq, surprises children

Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 12:13 am
by clyde621
+1 Prince. Thanks Mike for posting something really good and appropiate for the season. ;)