Today, she is joined by the youngsters as explains just why she was so emotional that day.
Watching them, so confident and so happy, had taken her back to a very different time when they joined our family as frightened and unsure little beings.
But Happy House harnesses the force of love to turn lives around, it has built strengths and skills and now those small kids are young people facing the future with optimism and hope - and are thankful to their Mama for putting them on the path to success.