Day 14 → A hero that has let you down

When I read this phrase I think of someone who has seriously fallen from grace.  I don’t have that.  My hero growing up was my mom.  I was pretty sure (as most kids are) that my mother was pretty much the smartest, prettiest, most amazing person ever.  She did a great job of sheltering me from the bad things in life when I was younger and making my childhood a pretty great one.  As I got older, I realized that my mom is human.  She makes mistakes, loses her temper and can be *gasp* wrong sometimes.  I don’t see this as her “letting me down” but I do have a more realistic view of her as a grown up than I did as a kid.  I think that’s both normal, and healthy though.