As we lead into the Christmas week, what’s better than a heart-warming moment like the one Hilda Castro experienced on Monday?

Castro is a longtime East Dallas neighbor whose daughter Valerie Palacio was apart of Woodrow Wilson High School’s class of 2016. After graduation, Palacio joined the U.S. Army and was not expected home for the holidays this year. But she decided to surprise her mom, who is a teacher at Dallas ISD’s Multiple Careers Magnet Center on Rusk Avenue. 

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So sit back and bask in the seasonal warm-and-fuzzies by watching the surprise visit here: