Lisa's page, proud Mom of Chris and Cameron

I don't know why, but I'm having trouble with missing Chris so much today. Random tears this morning. I know he is homesick, and I am homesick for him, too. I feel silly, because I can call him or email him, but it's just not the same as having him here, you know? I guess I just need to get used to this, he will not be within physical reach for the next few years. But there's this selfish part of me that just stomps her feet and says "no, bring my son closer to home". My husband has told me that… Continue

Chris flies back to GL next Sunday morning, and it hit me today, only one week left. I haven't been able to spend a ton of time with him, due to my work schedule going crazy, both of us getting sick, and him wanting to see all of his friends - good grief, he has a ton of friends! I feel like I maybe spent 3 hours total with him so far, and it's upsetting.

I should *not* complain, we were blessed with a fast-track BC, then he PIR'd on a Wednesday, so we got almost 5 days of overnight liberty wit… Continue

He was scheduled to go on leave and fly out tomorrow, but due to the weather in GL and surrounding areas, they're letting them leave early. He managed to get on a flight tonight and will be here in a couple of hours! I'm so excited! We were so worried that he would be super-delayed or have to do a major layover, but someone was watching out for him, and he got on a fully-booked flight out of O'Hare.

We had so many blessings during PIR week, with us getting him for overnight liberty for so long,… Continue

PIR was amazing, and inspiring, and just... wow! We had no problems getting from the city to the base, getting through the gates and security took no time at all. The personnel were fabulous, everywhere we went, from the young man who directed us to our parking spot to the USO folks later in the day. I am impressed and thrilled that my son is now a part of such a respectful group of people.

Since he was grad-and-go to GL, we had to wait and entertain ourselves some while waiting for him to call… Continue

I arrived at O'Hare yesterday right before noon, and my mom was supposed to be arriving an hour later, but her plane got way delayed in OC. So, I got to hang out at the airport and pretend I was Tom Hanks in "The Terminal" lol... kidding, but it was a long wait.

I was over in International, where I could eat and people watch, when I got a cell call with that area code, and it was my baby. "Mom? Mom, I did it, I'm a sailor, Mom, I did it!". I proceeded to cry and laugh and dance right in the mid… Continue