In Canton, GA this week, Marine Robert Hooper recently returned home from Iraq. His son, Tanner, was hoping his dad would be home in time to see him in his school play, but as he told the camera, his daddy wouldn’t be home until the next day. Little did he nor his brother know, his daddy was already back home and back stage, waiting to surprise his son at the end of the play.

Mommy was in on this secret though, too, but the outcome was still heart-warming. We all need a feel-good story every now and then, and this is definitely one of them. Welcome home, Marine… welcome home.

Watch daddy surprise his sons here.