Katie and Greg Butler had to make a heart-wrenching decision to deploy for a year and leave their son, Daniel, behind. It took several months for the military couple to decide that it was the best thing to do.
“If one of us went, the other is going to be called up later,” Greg said in the ad for Tylenol below. “And we made that decision when Daniel was like a year and a half. We’d rather him be a year without us than to be close to three years with just one parent.”
As we've seen through other military families — including the Nilsons, who found a special way to feel close despite the distance — being apart isn't an easy task.
While they were away, Katie and Greg left Daniel in the care of their parents. Although they missed many of Daniel’s first, they knew their son was in good hands.
“I think what got me through it was knowing that, even though I wouldn’t get to experience some of those firsts, that my parents and his parents would get to experience some,” Katie said.
As you’ll see in the emotional below, the Butlers' difficult choice ended up being a positive for Daniel.
“There is no standard. There is no, ‘This is what a family is supposed to be,’” Greg said.
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