{"id":34914,"date":"2024-08-16T16:42:31","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T20:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/solider-told-sister-he-couldnt-attend-her-wedding-and-then-gave-a-shocking-surprise-such-a-dream-exclusive\/16\/08\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-08-16T16:42:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T20:42:31","slug":"solider-told-sister-he-couldnt-attend-her-wedding-and-then-gave-a-shocking-surprise-such-a-dream-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/solider-told-sister-he-couldnt-attend-her-wedding-and-then-gave-a-shocking-surprise-such-a-dream-exclusive\/16\/08\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Solider Told Sister He Couldn&#8217;t Attend Her Wedding, and Then Gave a Shocking Surprise: &#8216;Such a Dream&#8217; (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>India Dawn Jones tells PEOPLE she believed there was &#8216;no way&#8217; her brother would make it home from Iraq in time for the wedding<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 640px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-lightbox caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:67%\" data-lightbox-src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/PI2yV8416FbbA52jhzaN9g--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTI0MDA7aD0xNjAw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/856bacbd078f15061f6a340373234e37\"><span class=\"caas-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;p&gt;Weddings Perfectly Captured&lt;\/p&gt; India Dawn Jones and her brother Christian.\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/YfMjYqzwByahgXMAmPZrbA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/856bacbd078f15061f6a340373234e37\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><button class=\"link caas-lightbox\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;elm:expand;itc:1\"><span class=\"openArrows icon\"><svg width=\"22\" height=\"22\" viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\"><path d=\"M12.372 0.92C12.372 0.414 12.782 0.004 13.287 0.004L21 0L20.996 7.712C20.996 8.217 20.586 8.628 20.08 8.628C19.574 8.628 19.164 8.217 19.164 7.712V3.183L12.337 10.011L10.988 8.663L17.816 1.835H13.287C12.782 1.835 12.372 1.425 12.372 0.92ZM1.835 17.816L8.663 10.988L10.012 12.337L3.183 19.164H7.712C8.218 19.164 8.627 19.574 8.627 20.08C8.627 20.586 8.218 20.995 7.712 20.995L0 21L0.004 13.287C0.004 12.782 0.414 12.372 0.92 12.372C1.425 12.372 1.835 12.782 1.835 13.287V17.816Z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"caption-wrapper caption-aligned-with-image\"><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">\n<p>Weddings Perfectly Captured<\/p>\n<p> India Dawn Jones and her brother Christian.<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<ul class=\"caas-list caas-list-bullet\">\n<li>\n<p><strong>India Dawn Jones was completely surprised when her brother, Christian, returned from his deployment in Iraq to make a surprise appearance at her rehearsal dinner<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Jones and her loved ones burst into tears when the soldier appeared at the event, and the bride shared footage of the moment in a now-viral TikTok video<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>She tells PEOPLE that they incorporated Christian into the ceremony the following day and they shared a special sibling dance<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Despite her highest hopes, India Dawn Jones had accepted the fact that her brother, Christian, wouldn&#8217;t be able to attend her wedding in June. After eight months of service in Iraq, he had to miss the occasion, just as he had missed their other sister&#8217;s wedding last October \u2014 or so he claimed.<\/p>\n<p>Jones teared up as she watched a special video message Christian recorded for her rehearsal dinner, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@india.callahan\/video\/7380049390922353966\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a moment the bride later shared on TikTok;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">a moment the bride later shared on TikTok<\/a>. Then Christian explained why he wasn&#8217;t wearing his full military kit on camera, and Jones&#8217; jaw dropped open in disbelief.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am leaving in a couple of hours to go to Kuwait, and from there I&#8217;ll leave to come home in time for the wedding,&#8221; Christian said in his recording, prompting his older sister to burst into tears as her similarly surprised loved ones reacted in kind.<\/p>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/bride-and-groom-surprise-engagement-party-guests-with-wedding-exclusive-8673753\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Couple Shocks Engagement Party Guests with Surprise Wedding: 'Give Me 20 Minutes to Change My Dress' (Exclusive);elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Couple Shocks Engagement Party Guests with Surprise Wedding: &#8216;Give Me 20 Minutes to Change My Dress&#8217; (Exclusive)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The room filled with cries of joy when Jones caught sight of her brother, who finished his deployment a month early, entering the rehearsal dinner room, completely surprising the entire wedding party.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I thought I was dreaming,&#8221; she tells PEOPLE, recalling the unexpected family reunion just before her wedding day. &#8220;I couldn\u2019t believe I could hug and touch him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She uploaded the emotional footage of her rehearsal on TikTok, where it has garnered over 173,000 likes. Christian&#8217;s reveal happens around 30 seconds into the video, but Jones included over a minute&#8217;s worth of her family&#8217;s reactions, which varied from weeping and gasping to cheering and embracing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 480px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-loader portrait\" style=\"padding-bottom:119%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"&lt;p&gt;India Dawn Jones&lt;\/p&gt; India Dawn Jones surprised by her brother at rehearsal dinner.\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/QwhGC6vC5FrCtZ6bYr_Lzg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTgzOA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/d09e1d7a678cbf82913ff96de7dd1f1a\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;p&gt;India Dawn Jones&lt;\/p&gt; India Dawn Jones surprised by her brother at rehearsal dinner.\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/QwhGC6vC5FrCtZ6bYr_Lzg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTgzOA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/d09e1d7a678cbf82913ff96de7dd1f1a\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"caption-wrapper caption-aligned-with-image\"><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">\n<p>India Dawn Jones<\/p>\n<p> India Dawn Jones surprised by her brother at rehearsal dinner.<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/man-vows-to-plant-1000-peonies-in-marriage-proposal-exclusive-8676747\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Man Vows to Plant 1,000 Peonies in Marriage Proposal. Five Years Later, He Shows Off Impressive Promise (Exclusive);elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Man Vows to Plant 1,000 Peonies in Marriage Proposal. Five Years Later, He Shows Off Impressive Promise (Exclusive)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jones says only a few people knew about the surprise beforehand: their parents, Christian&#8217;s wife and her family. Everyone else at the rehearsal dinner was as shocked as the bride-to-be, as shown by the reactions of her sister by her side at the dinner table, and later in the video, by her grandparents&#8217; heartfelt sobs.<\/p>\n<p>At one point in the clip, Jones&#8217; mom can be heard joking about the high emotions off-camera. &#8220;I got paramedics on standby, don&#8217;t worry,&#8221; she quipped.<\/p>\n<p>The following day, the family relished in Christian&#8217;s return even more, welcoming him into the wedding festivities. He brightened up Jones&#8217; already sunny mood wearing a pair of funky pink sunglasses and during the ceremony, he walked their mom down the aisle.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 480px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-loader portrait\" style=\"padding-bottom:130%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"&lt;p&gt;India Dawn Jones&lt;\/p&gt; India Dawn Jones at her rehearsal dinner with her family, including brother Christian.\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/qnuhBVVAqsm.oJ.Li7xJgQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTkxNQ--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/e065abb2bca80758355d0d05a4a9e8ec\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;p&gt;India Dawn Jones&lt;\/p&gt; India Dawn Jones at her rehearsal dinner with her family, including brother Christian.\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/qnuhBVVAqsm.oJ.Li7xJgQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTkxNQ--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/e065abb2bca80758355d0d05a4a9e8ec\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"caption-wrapper caption-aligned-with-image\"><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">\n<p>India Dawn Jones<\/p>\n<p> India Dawn Jones at her rehearsal dinner with her family, including brother Christian.<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/groom-accidentally-gets-married-with-his-zipper-undone-at-wedding-exclusive-8681957\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Groom Goes Viral After Realizing His Zipper Was Down During Entire Wedding Ceremony (Exclusive);elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Groom Goes Viral After Realizing His Zipper Was Down During Entire Wedding Ceremony (Exclusive)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He surprised me with a special dance with him, and halfway through my older sister came in and finished the dance with us,&#8221; Jones tells PEOPLE of the unforgettable celebration. She also got to hand deliver a meaningful note addressed &#8220;To my brother on my wedding day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks in part to Christian&#8217;s appearance, the supportive sister says her nuptials were &#8220;such a dream.&#8221; After she&#8217;d accepted that there was &#8220;no way he was going to be able to make it&#8221; to the wedding, Jones was overwhelmingly grateful to be proven wrong.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have always been close because I have always wanted to protect him,&#8221; she adds. &#8220;It was the hardest to think that [my] little brother was over there serving his country, and I could not be more proud of him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For more People news, make sure to <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.dotdashmeredith.com\/people-apple-news-opt-in\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:sign up for our newsletter!;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">sign up for our newsletter!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/solider-returns-from-iraq-to-surprise-sister-at-wedding-exclusive-8687361\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/solider-told-sister-couldnt-attend-200013802.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India Dawn Jones tells PEOPLE she believed there was &lsquo;no way&rsquo; her brother would make it home from Iraq in time for<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/solider-told-sister-he-couldnt-attend-her-wedding-and-then-gave-a-shocking-surprise-such-a-dream-exclusive\/16\/08\/2024\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34914"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}