Military mom surprises son and daughter

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Courtesy Long Beach Public Schools

With Mother’s Day just around the corner, Army Sgt. Shanasia Lowe, who has been stationed in Wiesbaden, Germany, made the most out of a four-hour stay in New York to surprise her children.

Donned in her full uniform, she walked into a classroom at East Elementary School on where her son, third-grader at East School Ja’mell Jones, and daughter, pre-kindergartener at Lido School Jai’liyah Gaines, ran up to her and hugged her.

The three embraced one another until Jones — who hadn’t seen his mother since Thanksgiving — began to read a letter he wrote for her.

“Dear mommy, this card is given to you because of all the hard work you’ve done,” he read aloud. “I love your cooking, it’s like you are the Picasso of food. I really love that you are my really awesome mom.”