YEAR, AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SOLDIER SURPRISING HIS MOTHER AFTER BEING AWAY FOR MONTHS. THESE ARE ALWAYS FUN STORIES TO SHOW YOU IN KCRA 3’S DENEEKA HILL WAS THERE FOR THIS SPECIAL REUNION. SEVEN SEVEN AND FIVE SIX. CAN YOU COME HELP ME WITH A LOOSE KITTEN AND I-8? PEGGY MILLER HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS IN STORE FOR HER WHEN HER COWORKERS CALLED FOR ASSISTANCE WITH A LOOSE KITTEN AT THE BRADSHAW ANIMAL SHELTER. WHAT THE. HER SON, CODY LEWIS, SURPRISING HER FOR THE HOLIDAYS. SO THIS HAS BEEN PLANNED FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS. YOU’RE ALSO IN THE NEWS. DON’T BE MAD AT ME. CODY HAS BEEN STATIONED AT FORT DRUM IN NEW YORK FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS. HE SAID HIS LEAVE WAS CANCELED, SO I WAS SAD, BUT I UNDERSTOOD. WAS YOUR LEAVE ACTUALLY CANCELED? NO, IT WAS NOT. IT WAS ALL A PART OF THE SPECIAL SURPRISE. WAS EVERYONE IN ON THIS? YES. THERE’S TISSUES IF YOU NEED THEM. IT TOOK, LIKE, THREE SECONDS. I WAS LIKE, I KNOW THAT GUY. SO PROUD. YEAH. BEYOND PROUD. CODY SAYS HE KNEW HE WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO AFFORD COLLEGE, BUT WANTED TO MAKE HIS MOM PROUD. AND THAT’S WHAT PUSHED HIM TO JOIN THE ARMY. IN ABOUT 2023. I WENT IN AND I GOT APPROVED AND EVERYTHING, SO I DECIDED IT’S THE ONLY OPTION I GOT. SO I JUST WENT FOR IT. THAT PERSISTENCE HAS TO MAKE YOU PROUD. OH YEAH, WE’RE STUBBORN. WE DON’T QUIT. THEY SAY THIS IS THE LONGEST THEY’VE BEEN APART. AND THEY’RE JUST HAPPY TO BE TOGETHER AGAIN. THEY PLAN ON SPENDING THE HOLIDAYS WITH THE REST OF THEIR FAMILY IN JACKSON. I NEEDED THIS IN SACRAMENTO. DENEEKA HILL KCRA THREE NEWS. AND CODY SAYS THAT HE JOINED THE ARMY TO MAKE HIS MOTHE