Surprise: 6-Year-Old Boy With Cerebral Palsy Walks to Daddy Marine for First Time The Welcome Home Blog is a perfect place to spend some time … especially if your computer’s keyboard is powered only by an uncontrollable flood of your reunion-inspired tears. Melissa C.: “When my husband left on his deployment, our 6-year-old son could not walk on his own. He has cerebral palsy. Doctors originally said that he would never walk or do much of anything. While daddy was away, he learned to walk. For his homecoming, we set it up for Michael to walk to his daddy for the first time ever! We kept the fact that he could walk a secret the whole time his dad was gone!” </noscript> (via Welcome Home Blog via The Daily What) FOLLOW: Go ’head and click and Follow Us for more updates straight to your news & nonsense feeds.