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‘Bumuhos luha ko’: 10 heartwarming, heartbreaking reactions to soldier sons’ #FamilyIsLove story

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Miguel Dumaual, ABS-CBN News

<p>The story of three soldier brothers’ surprise homecoming for their mother’s birthday has opened a flood gate of tears on social media, with many viewers sharing their own “Family is Love” anecdotes, both heartwarming and heartbreaking.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/entertainment/11/13/20181113-familyislove.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Milvina Garcia is moved to tears by the surprise of homecoming of her three sons, who all serve in the military. <em>ABS-CBN</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>The Garcia family’s reunion, the first of the “Family is Love” series leading up to the November 18 premiere of ABS-CBN’s Christmas station ID, garnered overnight hundreds of thousands of views.</p><p>On Facebook, ABS-CBN News’ post leading to the story has gone viral, with more than 20,000 shares and some 200,000 reactions in less than a day.</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/abscbnNEWS/posts/10156687116195168" data-width="auto"> </div><p>Viewers’ comments numbered over 2,000 as of Tuesday afternoon, with many expressing admiration for the family’s strength, and sharing they were moved to tears by the touching gesture of the sons for their parents.</p><p>In the video, Milvina Garcia shared that it had been difficult to gather her three sons under one roof, due to the call of duty. During the Marawi siege, all of them — John Melvin of the Philippine Air Force, and Gerson and George Bernard of the Army — were deployed to the war.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/A5Vpb5qF76A?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>Turning 51, Milvina’s only wish was to finally reunite with her children. The surprise of their homecoming instantly had both Milvina and their father Gerardo in tears.</p><p>The emotional reunion had viewers recounting their own experience of being apart from family members. Some were heartwarming — about similarly tearful moments of seeing each other again — while others were less so — with a number regretting lost time with departed loved ones, or longing to go home.</p><div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/entertainment/11/13/1113familyreax0.png"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/entertainment/11/13/1113familyreax1.png"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/entertainment/11/13/1113familyreax2.png"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/entertainment/11/13/1113familyreax3.png"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/entertainment/11/13/1113familyreax4.png"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/entertainment/11/13/1113familyreax5.png"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/entertainment/11/13/1113familyreax6.png"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/entertainment/11/13/1113familyreax7.png"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/entertainment/11/13/1113familyreax8.png"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/entertainment/11/13/1113familyreax9.png"/></div></div><div class="media-content slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><div><cite>Facebook: ABS-CBN News</cite></div></div><div class="item-desc"><div><cite>Facebook: ABS-CBN News</cite></div></div><div class="item-desc"><div><cite>Facebook: ABS-CBN News</cite></div></div><div class="item-desc"><div><cite>Facebook: ABS-CBN News</cite></div></div><div class="item-desc"><div><cite>Facebook: ABS-CBN News</cite></div></div><div class="item-desc"><div><cite>Facebook: ABS-CBN News</cite></div></div><div class="item-desc"><div><cite>Facebook: ABS-CBN News</cite></div></div><div class="item-desc"><div><cite>Facebook: ABS-CBN News</cite></div></div><div class="item-desc"><div><cite>Facebook: ABS-CBN News</cite></div></div><div class="item-desc"><div><cite>Facebook: ABS-CBN News</cite></div></div></div></div>

<p>The story of three soldier brothers’ surprise homecoming for their mother’s birthday has opened a flood gate of tears on social media, with many viewers sharing their own “Family is Love” anecdotes, both heartwarming and heartbreaking.</p>

The story of three soldier brothers’ surprise homecoming for their mother’s birthday has opened a flood gate of tears on social media, with many viewers sharing their own “Family is Love” anecdotes, both heartwarming and heartbreaking.

‘Bumuhos luha ko’: 10 heartwarming, heartbreaking reactions to soldier sons’ #FamilyIsLove story

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‘Bumuhos luha ko’: 10 heartwarming, heartbreaking reactions to soldier sons’ #FamilyIsLove story

Miguel Dumaual,

ABS-CBN News

Published November 13, 2018 09:51 PM PHT

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