A homeless dad living in Lexington, Kentucky, has an emotional reaction after opening Christmas presents that his kids got him.

Filmed in December 2019, Bobby Stevens remembers that his children purchased him a gift each and begins to unwrap them much to his surprise.

Stevens received a woolly hat from his daughter and a "#1 Dad" measuring tape from his son which provoked an emotional response.

The father told Newsflare: "I'm a homeless father under a lot of stress and I remember the gifts my babies got for me, after seeing them in the glovebox to switch out batteries.

"I got emotional because this was the first gift that my kids have gotten for me on their own accord that said anything similar to '#1 Dad' on it. And because since I'm homeless I don't get to see or even talk to my kids nearly as much as I'm used to seeing. Over the Christmas break, I got to see them for just an hour and a half.

"And when I found these it made me realize that no matter how bad it gets someone out there is in a worse situation than me. And finding these was just the light I needed in the dark to keep pushing! At the end, I had to turn the camera off to keep from bawling on film."

Im a Homeless father under alot of stress. And I remember the gifts my babies got for me, after seeing them in the glovebox to switch out batteries.

This is the first year my two oldest children got me anything by their selves. I was given the gifts before Christmas. And I had them in there to open when it was christmas. But I forgot until December 28th when I seen them.

I pulled over from driving and stopped at a gas station to film this memory. I pull the gifts out and proceeds to make the video. At the end I had to turn the camera off to keep from bawling on film.

The gifts contained a toboggan which I really needed. And the other gift, from my oldest son who is 8 years old, was a screwdriver multitool that said "Dad #1".

I got emotional because this was the first gift that my kids have gotten for me on their own accord that said anything similar to #1 Dad on it. And I got emotional because since I'm homeless I dont get to see or even talk to my kids nearly as much as I'm used to seeing. Over the Christmas break I got to see them for just an hour and a half.

And I found these the same night that I last seen my kids. I work every day to earn enough to pay for a motel room every night and that night was incredibly slow for business so I didnt see a warm bed in my future that night.

I was to the point I wanted to disappear. And when I found these it made me realize that no matter how bad it gets someone out there is in a worse situation than me. And finding these was just the light I needed in the dark to keep pushing!


Bobby Stevens