Get ready to have your heartstrings tugged.
Today's Google Doodle I actually love #sot #military pic.twitter.com/kBZ8aTHshN
— Ben (@WyattBEarp) May 23, 2013
https://twitter.com/johnnyA99/status/337245233819561984
Sabrina Brady, whose heartwarming and emotional doodle is featured on the Google homepage today, won the 2013 U.S. Doodle 4 Google competition with her “Coming Home” illustration. She is a twelfth-grade student in Sparta, Wisconsin.
Sabrina’s doodle stood out in the crowd; it tells the story of her reunion with her father as he returned from an 18 month deployment in Iraq. Her creative use of the Google letters to illustrate this heartfelt moment clearly resonated with voters across the country and all of us at Google.
In addition to seeing her artwork on the Google homepage, Sabrina—who is in 12th grade at Sparta High School—will receive a $30,000 college scholarship, a Chromebook computer and a $50,000 technology grant for her school.
"When I was 10 years old, my dad came home from war. This was my best day ever."-Sabrina, Google Doodle finalist pic.twitter.com/mb4OPRtQRH
— Operation Homefront (@Op_Homefront) May 8, 2013
We’ve taken Google to task before, but this time, the company got it right. Thank you, Sabrina!
Why yes, the new Google doodle of the day about a serviceman coming home DID almost make me cry about three minutes after I got to work.
— dorkreporter (@dorkreporter) May 23, 2013
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Good Google doodle. http://t.co/UG3k0hyh3D
— jon gabriel (@exjon) May 23, 2013
The Google doodle made me cry this morning! The contest theme My Best Day Ever. Artwork title that won "Coming Home". Check it out!
— Susy Dalton (@susydalton) May 23, 2013
https://twitter.com/jeffemanuel/status/337517127684722688
Hey #military families- check out today's Google doodle. Made me choke up a little. http://t.co/JejCCp9sa9
— Alyssa Day (@Alyssa_Day) May 23, 2013
Just saw today's Google doodle of a child reunited with their deployed military parent. Not gonna lie…I had tears in my eyes. #gooddoodle
— stormageddon (@LouBiggs) May 23, 2013
The doodle has special meaning for this Twitter user today:
@jeffemanuel that will be me in a few hours, at the airport now waiting to go home. Thanks for the find.
— Jeff Stapler (@jeffreystapler) May 23, 2013
@jeffemanuel thanks. I get to go home early this time… I had 2 kids when I left and I'm going home to 3 : )
— Jeff Stapler (@jeffreystapler) May 23, 2013
Wow, it’s really dusty in here.
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