"Make it hard to feel like who you really are." He said it mostly to himself. It was strange to think his mother could ever feel as unsure of herself as Al sometimes felt of himself. "Mum, you are so strong. You never let anything stop you. Even with...even with everything that happened with the war, you went after your dream job and...you married Dad and...I mean, you are the strongest mum I know." But she didn't feel it, which was the problem. "I know you don't recognize that right now, but I promise it gets better." If only he believed that about himself.