miss matty: do assist her, william. mrs. matty: just as i had hoped. (indistinct chattering) peggy: my mother pines for my brother, now he works in manchester. it was miss matty who secured my invitation. edward sometimes comes home on saturday. i think she knew my mother would not come. i had feared that our trials might thin your cheeks or fade you. but your eyes shine brighter than they ever did before. it is all the walking to our letterbox. and so many candles are lit tonight. ah... is it harder than you thought? i think perhaps it is harder than you thought. i did not know what work was. now i do. and i know what it is to want a thing that you must wait for. (sighs) your poor hand. it is only a blister from my calculating wheel. i have its twin. i did it with the smoothing iron. see? we are equals, at last. we have always been equals. love makes people so. (piano playing upbeat tune) ♪ as i was a-walking one morning by chance ♪ ♪ i heard a maid making her moan ♪ ♪ i asked why she sighed, and she sadly replied ♪ ♪ "alas, i must live all alone, alo

mattie -- >> okay? >> uh-huh. >> i missed you. >> missed you too. >> was a tremendous gift for your dad too. >> i was trying planned the surprise a week ago. seth finished his second tour in iraq. it has been seven months since he has seen his family. he was last home just in time to see the birth of mattie's sister, juliet. >> being away from them, let you know how for granted you ta things sometimes. even the little amount of types can never be made back up. so plan on spending all my time with them. >> today is pretty much christmas so. is specially for her. >> did you get what you wanted for christmas? >> uh-huh. >> a christmas miracle all because mattie had her faith in santa. >> santa like, i have to think about it but i really think this was going to happen. [laughter] bill: sweet. martha: have a little faith, right? seven months is a long time not to see a child that young because they change so much, you know, in seven months. nice for that family to get to be together. thanks to santa claus. bill: mattie is a true believer in santa forever. kristin nelson reporting on that. thanks for that. there