A handwritten note has melted hearts across the internet after one woman shared the understated—and unexpectedly sweet—welcome she received from her little brother after a month apart.
In a post on TikTok , @carnival2434 shared a photo of the sign taped to his door. It read: “Wake me up if you’re here and I’m asleep. (Very happy to see u)” followed by a smiley face.
Newsweek reached out to @carnival2434 for comment via direct message on TikTok.
The text overlay on her video read: “Yes, my standards are low bc this is what my brother did after I got home from living 5 hours away and not seeing him for a month.”
Developmental psychologists from Penn State University’s Sibling Research Program noted that siblings often spend more time together than with anyone else during childho

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