We could all use a bit of a feel-good story. This particular story has dropped in from Strongsville, Ohio.
Frank Grasberger, currently a resident of the Vitalia Senior Residences assisted living homes is a World War II veteran. Twelve years ago, he received a letter from a 9-year-old girl named Deshauna Priest thanking him for his service.
This letter was sent as part of a class project. Grasberger wrote a thank you card to the then third grader and has kept the note with him ever since.
He had never been able to find the little girl to meet her in person.
Well when the staff of the Vitalia Senior Residences heard the story from Grasberger, they managed to track down that little girl – who’s now 21 years old and a member of the Army National Guard herself.
Telling Grasberger that somebody was coming to interview him about the letter that he carries with him, staff then surprised both Grasberger and his wife when they brought Priest in to meet him face to face for the first time.
Carrying a bouquet of flowers and the thank-you card that Grasberger had sent her twelve years earlier, Priest walked in as the stunned veteran realized what was happening:
“You’re not that girl are you? Don’t make me cry, please.”
Grasberger and his wife, Dee, were overcome with emotion after realizing that it was indeed the little girl who had written to him all those years ago.
He then showed Priest the letter she had written him 12 years ago, as an emotional DeShauna wiped the tears from her eyes.
After catching up, the two reportedly plan to keep in touch from now on, with Grasberger calling the reunion a “miracle.”
One small act of kindness can be quite powerful.
Watch the two meeting for the first time below. Get the tissues ready.
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