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Mom edits Christmas card photo to include military husband serving overseas

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Mom edits military husband into Christmas card
Shannon Sturgeon
ByNicole Pelletiere
December 04, 2019, 8:33 PM

A mom of two found a creative way to incorporate her military husband into this year's Christmas card, since it's the first holiday he will spend without his family.

Danielle Cobo wanted him included in the Christmas card so photographer Shannon Sturgeon digitally placed him in the shot.

"He was happy to be be part of the photos," Cobo of Tampa, Florida, told "GMA." "He's having a hard time being away from [us] during the holidays."

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Cobo said her husband, a helicopter pilot, is currently overseas and will not be spending Christmas at home with her and their 2-year-old twins.

Danielle Cobo, a mom of two from Tampa, Florida, posed in a Christmas card photo with her twin boys and had her husband digitally placed in the image.
Shannon Sturgeon
Danielle Cobo, a mom of two from Tampa, Florida, shared a photo of her son and military husband after having him digitally placed in her Christmas card photo.
Danielle Cobo

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"There's a lot of family members that are away from their spouses and kids that don't have their parents around during the holidays because of them being in the military," Cobo said. "It's a sacrifice among everybody."

Danielle Cobo, a mom of two from Tampa, Florida, created a pregnancy announcement when she leared she was expecting twins.
Danielle Cobo

Cobo is looking forward to mailing the cards to family and friends, she said.

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