Who's cutting onions out here? I'm not cryin'...YOU'RE cryin'!

[SeeingEyeDog]

https://www.today.com/video/little-league-pitcher-discovers-his-military-dad-is-behind-the-plate-113042501933

[SH0102]

I have the utmost respect for our military members, and I think most of us understand the sacrifice and chance they take by doing so.

but these videos always get me teary  bc it shows the true emotion of the “forgotten sacrificers”, their children and wives.

I feel guilty leaving my wife home while I go do an NCAA doubleheader and I’m home by dinner, these guys are gone for months.

good stuff, only wish his dad had been the umpire

[Replacematt]

While I can appreciate those servicemembers and their families that want to do something like this, I don't get it. People are unpredictable and I had no idea how either of my wives (at different times; this sentence is hard to construct without me sounding like a polygamist) nor kids would react when I got back from deployment or even a long TDY. I wouldn't want them to be embarrassed by having an emotional response in front of people, especially peers they know.

In fact, the first thing we did every time I got home was send the kids outside or to their rooms for a bit.