Mom battling cancer breaks down after son who lives abroad surprises her with special magic trick

Battling cancer can be the most physically straining thing for anyone. In such a challenging time, the support of family and friends means a lot for someone suffering from it. A mother who was going through cancer treatment got the most beautiful surprise from her son living abroad, whom she had not met for two years. She broke down in tears as soon as she saw him. Julia Hancock–who goes @juliaahancock on TikTok–posted a video of the surprise on the platform.

The video begins with a family member doing a magic trick in which a bedsheet was held high and a kid hid behind it. Hilariously, the child was seen running into a side room when the bedsheet came down. The whole family, including the mom, watched the magic trick and started to laugh. Someone can be heard saying in the background, "Oh my God! That was horrible. You can see him running out." Then, a man got up and pretended to do the same trick again.

This time, he pulled up the bedsheet properly and when it fell, the woman's son—who had been abroad—and his family were standing behind it. The mother was stunned and started to cry uncontrollably. Her son came and hugged her and the rest of the family was happy to see him. The video was captioned, "After two years, her son returned home to a family." It garnered over 32 million views. People loved the son's surprise for the mother.

@ladyfacez commented, "The best surprise video I've ever seen! What an amazing family!" @cfrederico1027 wrote, "This is what life is about. Not the money, not material things... a house filled with loved ones and multiple generations of children." @therealdohdoh shared, "I love your mother-in-law's reaction. The whole family looks so excited you guys came." @kay43love expressed, "No lie, I was waiting to laugh for someone to run into the wall... not cry!" @cbar12345 said, "Dead serious. I have a major insecurity that I can't cry during sad/happy situations. Not trying to be tough. It embarrasses me. This one got me." 

In another similar story, Stacey Faix met her son after 35 years at a marathon. She had to make a tough decision at the age of 15 and put her son up for adoption. The child was adopted and named Stephen Strawn. He grew up and went on to serve in the US military. Strawn was trying to find his mom for years and unfortunately, his birth records were lost in a flood. In 2017, when a new law stated that adoptees could get birth certificates with the original birth parents' names on them, it helped him find his biological mom. 

In a video posted on YouTube, someone gave Faix a letter and she opened it to read it. Strawn had written that they had not seen each other in 13,075 days. The words in the letter left the mom bewildered and she started to look around to find her son. As she turned around, there he was. She ran over to hug him. After the reunion, the mom and son ran together in the half marathon and later went to have a cookout where they were again quite emotional.  

You can follow Julia Hancock (@juliaahancock) on TikTok for more content on her family life.