Flight Attendant Mom Works on Xmas, Teen Son Spends All His Money to Book Ticket and Join Her — Story of the Day

While a flight attendant guided passengers to their seats during her flight of Christmas, she saw a familiar boy walking in the aisle. When he turned his face toward her, she realized it was her son. “Oh my God! What are you doing here?” she asked.

After twenty years of marriage, Melissa parted ways with her husband because of their irreconcilable differences. Her ex-husband belittled her for working as a flight attendant and never gave her any appreciation, let alone presents or flowers like her friends’ husbands.

She shared a son, Matthew, with him, who had always seen his parents fight. He sided with his mother because he knew his father mistreated Melissa.

Because his parents were parting ways, Matthew couldn’t attend college on time and had to stay home for a year. Instead of wasting time doing nothing, the 18-year-old decided to work as a loader at a local shop so he could help his mother with the finances.

At that point, he didn’t have any career aspirations, but he was sure about what he didn’t want to become. He didn’t want to grow up to be like his father―the man who ditched his family.

When Matthew got his first salary, he bought Melissa a beautiful dress and flowers. During the next few months, he often bought something to make his mother smile because he knew she still hadn’t healed from her divorce.

As Christmas neared, Matthew’s friends began planning what to do during the holiday. Soon, they decided to go to a party, but Matthew refused to go with them. He didn’t want Melissa to feel lonely at home on Christmas.

“I’ll stay home with my mother,” he told his friends. “You know, we never get to spend time together because she’s mostly on her flights when I’m home.” Later that day, Matthew learned that his mother wouldn’t be home on Christmas. “What do you mean, mom? Why are you working on a holiday?” he asked.

Melissa purposely sank her teeth into her job to keep herself busy. She didn’t want to answer people’s questions about her failed marriage or listen to their advice. As a result, she decided to work on Christmas as well.

“I’m sorry, Matthew,” Melissa said. “I just couldn’t say no because they were paying me extra for this shift.”

She lied to her son because she didn’t want to tell him that she wanted to avoid interacting with friends and family during their Christmas get-together. However, she felt sad for not spending the holiday with Matthew.

Before going to bed that night, Matthew got an idea to surprise his mother. “I can still spend Christmas with her,” he thought and opened his laptop to check if the flight his...