Chapter 13 - My Mother Told Me She Was Leaving the Air Force—And I Finally Understood What Her Greatest Mission Had BeenMom eventually retired.
The day she came home with her final uniform, she placed her flight helmet on the table.
I looked at it.
“You're really done?”
“Yes.”
“How do you feel?”
She smiled.
“Relieved.”
“Sad?”
“A little.”
Then she hugged me.
“But I've already completed my most important mission.”
“What mission?”
She touched my shoulder.
“Raising you.”
I laughed.
“Mom.”
“I'm serious.”
She looked into my eyes.
“You were never supposed to become a copy of me.”
“I know.”
“You were supposed to become yourself.”
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I smiled.
“I think I'm getting there.”
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