{"id":72035,"date":"2024-01-29T19:25:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T16:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/?p=72035"},"modified":"2024-01-29T19:25:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T16:25:06","slug":"when-grandpa-heard-his-granddaughter-sing-a-song-that-he-had-written-forty-years-ago-he-was-overcome-with-emotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/?p=72035","title":{"rendered":"When Grandpa heard his granddaughter sing a song that he had written forty years ago, he was overcome with emotion."},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’ve ever created any kind of writing, like a song or poem, you are aware of the power that words have, particularly when they are set to music. <\/p>\n

Mike Brooks, 69, a grandfather, just discovered firsthand how moved we can all get when our meaningful and impactful comments are brought to life.<\/p>\n

Mike Brooks had a desire of enlisting in the Army when he was just 21 years old. But he had lost his <\/p>\n

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hearing in a year due to football injuries he had sustained as a youth. Mike was never able to fulfill his desire of becoming a soldier as a result.<\/p>\n

But like most of us, Mike was immensely proud of these courageous young people who gave their lives to defend their nation. <\/p>\n

Nobody enjoys going to war, and most people nowadays are aware that the government erred greatly during the Vietnam War. <\/p>\n

We can all see, nevertheless, that young men and women who enlist in the military do so with pure intentions and hearts. <\/p>\n

Even if we don’t agree with the conflicts our country begins or gets involved in, we can still respect that.<\/p>\n

Regarding Mike, he wrote a song that he frequently performed to his kids after learning about a soldier’s experience in Vietnam in the 1980s. <\/p>\n

Even just singing the lyrics to the song would make Mike cry when he sung it to his small children. The song had strong emotional resonance.<\/p>\n

Mike had a small girl named Chera Willett as one of his children. Chera never forgot how much hearing her father sing meant to her, <\/p>\n

even as she grew older and had children of her own. She started crying as she read the words her father had painstakingly written all <\/p>\n

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those years ago when she came upon the lyrics of her dad’s song one day while sorting through boxes in the garage.<\/p>\n

Chera had a brilliant thought. She made the decision to teach Karli Willett, her own daughter, the lyrics. <\/p>\n

As a budding singer, Karli was well-prepared to take her granddad by surprise. The girl made the decision to surprise her granddad on Christmas Eve by performing the song.<\/p>\n

The moment Mike’s adorable granddaughter started singing his song was captured on camera by his family. Watch the touching and poignant video down below.<\/p>\n