Ellen Stages a Sweet Mother's Day Military Reunion

In honor of Mother's Day, one of my producers Skyped with an amazing mom from North Carolina and gave her tickets to the show. She had the

sweet

est reaction. Have a look. So Tarrina we were able to get you a ticket to the show. I'm sorry. Okay, sorry, my God. So is this a yes? Yeah! Tarrina, come here. Hello. Hello Tarrina Hello, how are you? How are you? I'm fine. Oh God. Oh my God. You're so

sweet

. You had a sweet reaction and now you have a sweet reaction. Very sorry. Alright. Because you feel it? Oh Lord.

I'm so excited. Oh, I'm so glad. Okay, so you watch the show often, do I understand? Yes. Yes. It really is you. Ok, I'm sorry. It's me. Right here. So you live in North Carolina? Yes what do you do? I am a housewife. I am a

military

wife, my husband is deployed. MMM. And do you also take care of your sister's children? Yes. I take care of my... I'm so sorry... I take care of my 19 year old stepdaughter. She is my bonus baby. She is in college. And then I have a 16-year-old daughter in high school, Taya, and my six-year-old son Ian, and then my nieces are Taylor and Kaiden Wow.

So there's a lot to take care of. It is. And then you said your husband is in the army. He is, he's in the

military

. What is his name? Eric. Eric. And when did they deploy it and how long ago? Last June. Yes that's fine. Well, it must be hard when he's gone. It's hard. Yes. But you helped me get through it, thank God. Actually? Yes, thanks. Yes. That makes me happy. I know his name is Erik because he sent me a letter. And I...he...can someone bring me my glasses? Very sorry. I'm sorry. Surprise.

Oh Lord! And the flowers, as if that weren't enough. Hello Erik. How are you? Hello. Nice to meet you. I am delighted to meet you too. Alright. So he kept this a secret. It must have been difficult to keep a secret. Oh my God. I know I know. Well, it's good that you trust me with secret clearance. I know I know. Alright, we're going on a break. We'll talk more after this. We return to Tarrina, who we just surprised with her husband Erik, who has been deployed in Egypt for the last year. This is so cool you wanted to do this here.

I mean, it's always fun for us to surprise people and meetings. Why did you want to do it here? Well, she loves you as you can see. So she... and then she has a lot of energy like you. And I wanted to do something special for her because she has made a lot of sacrifices for me and my family while I'm away. Well, it's a good gift for Mother's Day. Yes. Yes. It's okay. Is this something you expect from him? Does He Do things like this? Well, this... this takes the cake. Yes. Yes. My God, this is worth a million dollars... more than a million.

Yes, good. See you and him. We believe that... first of all, we are very grateful for all the men and women who serve in our military. So thank you very much for what you do. I want to take care of dinner tonight, wherever you go to dinner. So I want to take care of that. Where is mom's bag? I need mom's bag. Thank you. Thanks Andy. Alright. Thank you so much. Dinner is expensive here in Los Angeles. So we want to give you $20,000 because... They're really my friends at Shutterfly because they love this. So $20,000. I want to thank Sterling K.

Brown. Christopher Abbott See you tomorrow. Be kind to each other. Bye bye.