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Here is a touching story of a young boy, Brennan Daigle, who got his wish.\u00a0 He wanted to be in the army.\u00a0 Sadly, he is suffering from a rare form of cancer.\u00a0 So rare is it, his doctors believe he has only weeks to live.\u00a0 When a local chapter of Dreams Come True got in touch with the local army base, a call was put out for soldiers to come to his tenth birthday party.\u00a0 You\u2019ll need to read the full story here<\/a> to see what happened next.\u00a0 Death comes to us all.\u00a0 But the greatest thing we can do in the meantime is reach out and demonstrate the love that God gives us to those around.\u00a0 Well done everyone.\u00a0 And God\u2019s blessings and grace be upon Brennan and his family.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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