An adorable video of a little sister running to hug her big brothers getting off the school bus went viral on TikTok.
Mom Brittany Muddamalle, 32, said she and her husband tried to raise their kids to be loving towards one another. These efforts paid off, as evidenced in this cute clip.
That day last fall, young Emelia eagerly awaited her big brothers’ return home.
“The bus was actually late that day,” Muddamalle told The Epoch Times. “All of a sudden she saw the bus come and the lights coming on, and the second she did she just started to book it.”
Fortunately, the mom, from Charlotte, North Carolina, had her camera rolling and managed to capture the moment of pure sibling love.
Emelia scampers for her brothers—Liam, 10; Levi, 8; and Lucas, 6—as fast as her little legs can carry her. They race to meet her embrace. “Emmy! Emmy!” they cry.
The moment of reunion is blissfully satisfying.
“One of the things that we work on as a family constantly is just love,” said Muddamalle. “I was just so proud to see their little relationship just kind of bloom.”
Before the video, Emelia was confused why the boys she adored so much got on the bus and left her each day.
“She just looks at them like, ‘Why are you leaving? I am right here.’” Muddamalle said, laughing. “‘Why am I not coming with you? What is happening?’”
Returning home with mom, all day Emelia called up the stairs for her brothers, the mom shared.
The parents taught their young ones to look out for each other.
“If you’re the older sibling, you have a lot of responsibility to your younger siblings. And we’ve always taught that,” said Muddamalle. “Your younger siblings look up to you. You have a very special spot in their life. And I think for them, it’s just gotten to the point where they realize it and they see it.”
Since then, the video garnered a whopping 23 million-plus views.
She was pleased to see wonderful comments from people all around the world.
“It was so beautiful, people around the world are commenting,” said Muddamalle, adding that the video taught the family a lesson: “You know what? Love. Love is the thing that’s important that can bring us all together.”
