An ordinary school rally soon had everybody crying happy tears when the school's mascot turned out to be a student's military mom.
Sergeant Desiree Lancey surprised her son Kael during an emotional reunion in Alabama on Friday.
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She dressed up as the Eagle mascot and, when the time was right, she made the big reveal. Kael's reaction went from shock, to a hug, to tears.
Sgt. Lancey has been deployed to Kuwait for the past year. She hadn't seen her son since last Christmas.
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