# Oregon man finds daughter, 5, at shelter

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**Created:** [April 15, 2016, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-man-finds-daughter-5-at-shelter/752238 "2016-04-15T01:48:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-man-finds-daughter-5-at-shelter/752238/1 "2016-04-15T01:48:03Z")

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What a wonderful ending to a difficult situation. Its just amazing someone he knew spotted her in a town many hours away.

He’s got legal custody now and can take care of her.

> **['Harmony, it's daddy': Oregon man finds daughter, 5, at shelter](https://kval.com/news/local/harmony-its-daddy-oregon-man-reunites-with-daughter-5-after-finding-her-at-shelter)**
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> MYRTLE CREEK, Ore. (AP) Bryan Thouvenel's daughter only remembered that he played guitar.They had been apart nearly two years when Thouvenel, thanks to a tip from a friend, found his daughter and estranged ex-girlfriend at a Salvation Army homeless...

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> They had been apart nearly two years when Thouvenel, thanks to a tip from a friend, found his daughter and estranged ex-girlfriend at a Salvation Army homeless shelter in Spokane, Washington.
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> Now, a grant from nonprofit Time to Put Kids First is sending Thouvenel and his 5-year-old daughter, Harmony Rain Thouvenel, to Kauai, Hawaii.
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> “It’s about building memories,” Thouvenel, 41, said. “When I got her back…”

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> “It made it all worth it, you know?” he said. “It was two years I fought through hell just to be a part of my daughter’s life and she was back in my life.”
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> At first, Harmony needed constant reminding that Thouvenel wasn’t going anywhere. During a trip to the coast some weeks after returning to Oregon, she waited outside the door even when Thouvenel just went to the bathroom.