After months apart, one military mom paid her kids a surprise visit after her overseas deployment.
Author: Alex Littlehales (WVEC)
Updated: 8:14 PM EDT April 30, 2021
YORKTOWN, Va. — They say distance makes the heart grow fonder.
And for U.S. Air Force TSgt. Lauren Brent, the time she's spent far away from home only makes her time back stateside all the more special.
“It’s been so long, part of it feels strange being back home but also great."
Brent, a 2005 graduate of Grafton High School, deployed overseas to Saudi Arabia on October 4, 2020. Since then, her three children Jayden, Ava, and Camden have been staying with Brent's parents Terry and Donald Shannon in Yorktown.