As hard as it is for a soldier parent to leave behind their spouses and children when they get deployed, it can be even harder on their children who constantly see their friends with both parents, and never know when they’ll get that chance again with their own.
Tech Sgt. David Opperman had been deployed for six months, so when he told his 13-year-old daughter Amber that he might have time to squeeze in a quick Skype call during her day at school at the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, she happily sat out of recess so that she could have a few precious minutes with him.
Amber decided to give her dad a small surprise by having mom, Yvet Opperman, stop by during their Skype call, but what she didn’t know was that her parents had been working together to give her an even bigger surprise. “Amber thought she was going to be surprising dad by bringing me into the video,” Yvet said. “In actuality, he was in the next room over — waiting to come in. We turned the tables.”
After a few moments on Skype together, David told his little girl that he had to put her on hold, and when the screen went dark, she patiently waited. But then she spotted something out of the corner of her eye, and that’s when she realized her dad had been there all along.
“She’s basically saying [in the video], ‘I can’t believe you’re here. I missed you so much,'” mom Yvet said. “Me, I was teary eyed. I almost couldn’t control myself. It was an emotional day, overall.”
Watch the entire video below to see Amber’s heartwarming reaction the moment her hero dad walks in the room.
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