Life can deal the unexpected, and for one hard-working mother, it did—in a way that may take your breath away. In this touching video, a son tells the story of his hard-working mother and says thank you to her with a Mother’s Day gift of her dreams: a home. One might never have guessed that cancer, the loss of a home, and dropping out of school would lead to this surprise ending, but Mike’s story goes to show that despite the ways in which it can seem unjust or beyond understanding, life also has a way of giving back to us what we give to it.