A hard?won reunion来之不易的团聚

迟琳

After working abroad for 30 years tosend her son to school to become an airlinepilot， a tired mom was heading home. Dueto a lack of jobs in her home country ofEthiopia， the dedicated mother moved toLebanon. She worked as a maid and savedevery dollar she earned. Her earnings werewell spent putting her son through school，where he earned his pilot's license.

Although she had made several tripshome during the 30 years of workingabroad， this was a special trip. Her sonhad finished school， and she was lookingforward to seeing him to congratulate him.Little did she know， the airline had a specialsurprise waiting for her.

As she went down the entry corridorand onto the plane， airline staff checkedher boarding pass. They calmly guided themom down toward her assigned seat. Whenshe got to another flight attendant， the flight attendant reached up to open asliding door. What was waiting on theother side caused the mom to burst intotears. On the other side of the sliding door，in full pilot's uniform， was her son！ He wasready with a huge bouquet to welcome herhome from working abroad. The twohurried into an embrace.

Once they completed their initialgreetings， the grateful mom turned her attentionto the flight attendants. She bowedand thanked them for making this a memorableflight. Not only was she returningfrom working abroad， but she got to ride inan airplane piloted by the very son whowas the reason for her long sacrifice.

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What are the most impressive qualitiesof the mother mentioned in the text？

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