In Yahoo news, there was an article about this little boy's birthday party. Gabriel was turning six and he had this huge birthday present in his classroom. His mother had brought cupcakes and he was so engrossed in those that one of the other little kids asked him to open the big present.
Everyone wanted to see what was inside!
He tore the paper off and saw that it was his dad, who was on leave from his second tour in Iraq. Gabriel hasn't seen his dad since last June. When his dad, Army Spc. Casey Hurles, found out his leave would coincide with his son's birthday, he came up with the plan to be the surprise present.
The teacher, Dawn VanSickle, was very supportive of being part of the birthday party idea.
For me, this is such a wonderful, sweet story. It makes me cry because it's so deeply touching. I know Gabriel's dad did this just to do something special for his son, but in the end, I think little things like this are what change the world in a positive direction.
Why? Because they evoke an emotion out of us - in this case, love. And there is nothing stronger in the Universe than love. The Universe was made by love and sustained by love and Love created it.
This beautiful act just brings more of that into the world, and the world is weary for it.
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