To begin with, my dad is in the military. This past August he had to deploy to Afghanistan for 6 months. And as usual there were tears and I miss yous. From the get go I wanted my dad to surprise me. Only because I the last time he was deployed (which was in 2017) I screwed up my own surprise by looking for my mom’s location on the iPhone (she was ignoring me and I wanted to talk to her). So anyways, on Wednesday my mom called me while I was at work. And while I’m at work I’m not supposed to take personal calls. Well she kept calling and I kept declining because I was dealing with students who had questions (I work in advising at the college while I myself am a college student), so in the end I was irritated. She knows my schedule I don’t understand why she kept calling me. Well I was taking a call from a student and this call ran a little longer than my shift so I couldn’t get off at 4 just yet. When all that was said and done, I called my mom and told her the reason why I didn’t answer.

She then told me to go to my car to look for my sister’s military ID because she couldn’t find it. I told her I would after I stopped by my dorm to use the bathroom and drop some things off because I had a night class in 2 hours. But she kept persisting which irritated me more and more. I would tell her I would do it just let me go to the bathroom first. She kept insisting and I ended up cutting each call short. This woman called me over 10 times within the course of 30 min and that’s including the time I was working. In the end she said “I’m coming” I got mad and angrily told her I’ll freaking do it now and hung up (I live about an hour from home, and others may see this as a sign but my mom will do that if she wants something).

So I angrily walk to my car and see a stranger on the other side crouching down. I momentarily get frightened before womaning up to give him a piece of my mind. He moved again and I got scared but kept going forward albeit a little slower. He rushed out and I almost ran away but I recognized it was my dad! And my mom was on the other side of the parking aisle videoing this. I was so surprised and guilty for getting mad at my mom.

Here’s a picture:

Thank you for reading! What’s y’alls homecoming story like? Surprised or not I want to hear it! They always warm my heart ❤️