Sobbing mother’s overwhelmed reaction when her son pays off mortgage as a birthday surprise goes viral



Video shows man handing his mother an envelope with a cheque inside

Ethiopian woman is seen staring at cheque in stunned disbelief

Heartwarming video has been watched over 650,000 times on YouTube



A son who surprised his mother by paying off her mortgage posted a heartwarming video of her reaction online.

The footage, in which the Canadian man can be seen handing his Ethiopian mother an envelope containing a cheque, has been watched more than half a million times in the space of two days.



As it dawns on his mother what the cheque means, for several seconds she can only say one thing: 'Wow.'

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Gesture: A Canadian man who surprised his Ethiopian mother by paying off her mortgage posted a video of her overwhelmed reaction online

She then says, according to the translation of her words on screen: 'Tonight I will not sleep for fear of dying of happiness.'

Her son, known only as YouTube user iProjectAtlas, posted the video online with the title 'Dear Mother'.

He said in a caption that, while he was 'by no means a perfect son', he wanted to 'do right by a very special woman in my life'.

He went on to say that giving her the means to pay off her mortgage could not amount to even one-tenth of what she had done for him in his life.

Trickster: The man sat his mother down and told her they needed to talk

Reaction: The video which shows the young man handing the cheque to his mother has been watched more than 650,000 times online in the space of two days

Disbelief: A translation of the stunned woman's reaction appears on screen in the video

Surprise: After opening the envelope her son hands to her, his mother takes several seconds to digest what she is holding

Wow: His mother appears totally overwhelmed by her son's life-changing gesture

'What I did for my mother can't even amount to 1/10 of what she's done for me,' he wrote.

'I can't even say that you can compare the two.



'That being said seeing her smile, seeing her shoulders drop, her breathe a sigh of relief made everything worth it.



'I don't expect everyone to understand but I just wanted to share that, to see what a small gesture can do for those closest to us,' he wrote.

