Katie Row was able to celebrate Mother’s Day with her son, Cpl. Jennings Spangle, a marine stationed on the East Coast, thanks to last-minute permission to take leave. Jennings, 21, enlisted in the Marine Corps after graduating from Malibu High School in 2007. He was stationed at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina before being deployed for a nine-month tour in the Middle East. He was inspired to join the service after the events of 9/11.
Row was thankful to be able to celebrate her day with her sons, Jennings and younger brother Jake. “This is the best Mother’s Day I have ever had,” she said.