On the other hand, getting to spend time with friends and family is something that most people look forward to doing. Many different cultures have developed unique rituals to celebrate the arrival of a significant guest, such as dancing, singing, rolling out drums, or throwing a party complete with food and drink. People who have been apart for some time and have fond memories of one another often look forward to getting back together and spending time with each other. This was the circumstance that a military mother found herself in with her three-year-old child, who was overjoyed to see her come home after being absent for a significant amount of time.
The little child couldn’t control his joy and disobeyed the rules in order to rush into his mother’s arms, who was just as anxious to hug him as he was to be held by her. While his mother and her coworkers were on their way back to the United States, Cooper Waldvogel waited with his grandmother and the families of other troops to welcome them. His mother, Kathryn Waldvogel, was a member of the National Guard and had served for nine months in Afghanistan with the 114th Transportation Company, which was located in Chisholm.
A photographer was able to catch the tender moment between the two. After then, the film was uploaded on YouTube in a clip that was released on September 17, 2014 by USA Today. Many people responded positively to it on YouTube. Continue reading to find out the specifics.
It wasn’t only Cooper who was ready to get started. Even more than he was, his mother yearned for her son to return.
Kathryn Waldvogel said how all she could think about was holding her son and how much she longed to do so.
However, Kathryn believed that she would still need to wait for a while since her first sergeant had told her and the other troops to file into the auditorium, where they would be quickly discharged without the chance to see family members. Kathryn feared that she would not have time to say goodbye to her loved ones.
“All of a sudden, we had to file into the building and get into formation, and I just look up and Cooper and my mom are right there,” Kathryn said. “He never stopped smiling, almost as if he was in awe of me,” she said.
Cooper came to the conclusion that just staring at his mother wasn’t going to cut it, and he hurried across the room to meet up with her. Kathryn picked him up in her arms and gave him a bear hug. The video clip, which was uploaded to the YouTube channel of USA Today on September 17, 2014, has garnered a great number of likes and comments.
Kathryn further discovered the video and read through the comments, which she thought to be really entertaining.
“This one,” she remarked while scanning the postings in the thread. “This one.” It was perhaps the most emotional and humbling 26 seconds that I’ve seen in a long time, and it made me want to cry.
She continued by saying, “It warms my heart, it’s so wonderful.”
In the meanwhile, Cooper had some practice in the art of waiting for members of his family. The child eagerly awaited his father’s return from duty in Afghanistan, where he had been serving, and he was there to greet him when he arrived.
“He kind of did the same thing for me,” said Cooper’s dad, Adam Waldvogel, who is 26 years old.
Because Kathryn’s and Adam’s schedules often conflicted with one another, they went for extended stretches without seeing one other. It also meant that Cooper had to go a lengthy period of time without seeing either of them.
Adam referred to his kid by saying, “He is the definition of resiliency, that much is for sure,”
Therefore, it was not hard to see why Cooper want to spend the whole day playing with his mother and father.
