The news — like the world — is full of ugliness. How about some happiness to brighten your Monday, via the excitement of children, the love of families, and the heroism of the brave men and women who protect us?

Kentucky’s Courier-Journal has put together a video montage of servicepeople surprising their little boys and girls with a return home, and it’s incredibly moving.

I promise these clips will chase away the bad, as you celebrate the reuniting of parents with their kids.

Oh, to be in the arms of those who make life worth living.

Enjoy the video below. And maybe get a Kleenex first — I needed one.

For two more emotional reunions, please see here and here.

-Alex

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