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Loving grandma gets a long-awaited gift bag surprise


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Shiela "Shay" Panecatl Ponce, a 23-year-old living in California, reunited with her grandmother in Mexico after 12 years apart.

Her grandmother, 64-year-old Laura Lopez Flores, raised Ponce for a decade in Guadalajara, Mexico, when Ponce's mother was trying to build a better life for her family in the U.S. Years later, Ponce obtained a U.S. visa and joined her mother. Having formed a strong bond with her grandmother, she missed her second mom.

Ponce planned a surprise trip back to Guadalajara in 2023 with her aunt.

Watch the video above to see the beloved blind-folded grandma unpack her surprise.

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