My Son and I Secretly Boarded My Pilot Husband’s Flight to Surprise Him—Then His Announcement Made Both of Us Stop Smiling

“Mom, airplanes didn’t cheat on you.”

Fair.

He eventually interned with an aerospace company.

I helped him move into temporary housing.

On his desk he placed a small plastic airplane.

The same one from the surprise trip.

I recognized the scratch on one wing.

“You kept that?”