My heart can't take this!
Our dogs love seeing us walk through the door, but Simba has an extra special reason to be excited when he hears his human daddy, Paul, walk up to the house. You see, Paul had been serving in Afghanistan for seven months, and the only way that he could see Simba and the rest of his family was on Skype. But just like this beagle who couldn't contain himself when his Marine came home from a deployment, Simba never forgot about Paul.
Military welcome home videos always get me choked up, but watching dogs as they see their long-lost humans for the first time in months really makes me bawl. How can you watch this dog's reaction to seeing his sailor come home and not end up with a puddle of tears at your feet? I guess it's because, while people can know when our loved ones are coming home, animals have no way of understanding that "goodbye" usually doesn't mean forever. Can you imagine the elation of knowing that the person you thought would never come home is now scratching you behind your ears? No wonder Simba is jumping up and down!
Our military personnel do so much for us, and it's beautiful to know that their four-legged loved ones miss them just as much as we do.
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