A boy with cerebral palsy walks to his U.S. Marine dad for the first time: a must-see video

If you have a kid with cerebral palsy or another disability and you were told he might never walk, you might know how it feels to see your child take his first steps. Seeing Max toddle from Dave's arms into mine, with a big grin on his face, was one of the happiest moments of my life. I can't imagine how it feels, however, to be a soldier stationed abroad who's never seen his child with cerebral palsy walk—and come home to find that he is.

   

On Wednesday, Melissa C. put this video up on Welcome Home Blog, a site with videos of military homecomings. (Thanks to reader Jenny for telling me about it). As Melissa writes, "When my husband left on his deployment, our 6-year-old son could not walk on his own. He has cerebral palsy. Doctors originally said he would never walk or do much of anyting. While daddy was away, he learned to walk. For his homecoming, we set it up for Michael to walk to his daddy for the first time ever! We kept the fact that he could walk a secret the whole time his dad was gone."

Watching this video took me right back to the day Max first walked; I sobbed after I watched it. I'm so happy for these parents. And if I know anything, I know that boy will keep right on amazing them.


Image: Screen shot from the video