“I think I missed him more than my family because I knew he didn’t know if I was ever coming back.”

For them, they’re just happy to save people some money and they simply provide this service because “they can”.

"She wasn’t a horse. She was a marine."

"Thank you. I never know if I’ll be here the next day, but thank you so much for this."

"Are you so happy to see me? I’m so happy to see you."

“When I look at the photos, I see her joy, I see her confidence, I see her love."

“RAWR T Rex’s are cooler than cutesy signs.”

As she leans in to hug her son, she cradles his head as if he were still a small child.

Things didn’t go as planned, though, because the announcer couldn’t get through his part of the surprise.

"We did notice when our server, Dylan, dropped to one knee to look him eye-to-eye as he got ready to take his order. The man apologized for not hearing too well. He had forgotten to put in his hearing aids."