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Photo: NC deputy prays with his young children before night shift

The viral post shows the deputy with his 3-year-old daughter and 1-year-old son

By Police1 Staff

CLEVELAND COUNTY, N.C. — A photo of an officer praying with his two toddlers before work has gone viral, ABC News reported.

Cleveland County Sheriff’s Deputy Jordan Perkins was photographed on March 22 with his 3-year-old daughter, Miya, and 1-year-old son, Mason, before a night shift.

Perkins’ wife, Kelsie, took the photo and shared it on Facebook where it went viral.

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“Miya prays for God to protect her dad and keep the bad men away and bring him home safely,” she told the news site. “Mason is still young and he tries his best...you can hear him say ‘Daddy, home safe.’”

The post received over 257,000 likes.