Who loves a surprise? This dsnap was sent to me by my gorgeous man who's over in England surprising his mother, who he hasn't seen in person for 3 years. She's been having a super tough time of things with family illnesses and has been really, really struggling. We knew she desperately wanted to see her son, but Australia is a long way from Somerset, and she couldn't make it due to having to care for her sick husband. Life is short though, no? I told J. to get on a plane and go see her for Christmas.

In the clip, he's in the back of his sister's car under a tarp, and his sister has brought their Mum out to help on the pretense that she needs to store the lawnmower in her shed as her own shed started leaking. It's black for the first little while as he's under the tarp. The video goes upside down because - well, it's hard to film, pass the phone to your sister and hug your Mum at the same time.

I've watched this video twenty times and I cry every time. If you can't watch the Dtube, here's the Youtube. It's black to begin with, and then goes upside down - but hey, it's pretty darn sweet anyway.

15 years ago, my sister surprised me in England for my wedding. My folks came over, but my sister said she couldn't afford it. Initially, she couldn't, but her beautiful fiance (now my brother in law) said she'd never get the chance to be at my wedding again, so sod the expense and just go. She called me reverse charges from the station down the road and I was like - what the hell are you doing calling me reverse charges from Australia? I can't afford that! And she said - um, can you come pick me up at Morton station? I still get shivers thinking about it.

Six months later, she was getting married and I said I couldn't afford it. I mean, it was perfectly feasible - I had a hubby and kid too, so it would be quite costly for us to fly home. Of course, I scraped up the pennies and surprised her. My folks drove me around to their house and went in first whilst my son and I stayed outside around the corner. Five minutes later I rang the doorbell and my future brother in law came to answer the door. The look on his face! He couldn't even speak! He basically had to reach for the wall to steady himself, he was so surprised. My sister was calling 'who is it?' and he couldn't even speak. Walked down the corridor and she saw me and burst into tears. A grand family moment, and one none of us ever forget.

Surprises can really be wonderful.

Have you ever surprised someone with your presence?

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