Nancy....Proud Mom of a U.S. Navy Sailor :)

Well the time has finally come and after a long four months...Brian will finally be graduating from A School, as an AGAA in Biloxi, MS. January 27, 2009. It has been a long four months. Brian finally got his new orders..and he will be stationed in Gulfport, MS at the Stennis Space Station for the next three years. I cant even begin to tell you how proud I am of him. I feel very fortunate that he will be stationed in the U.S.A. How many peope can actually say that they have worked at (NASA) Stenn… Continue

Well its been one week from today that we were at our graduation for Brian. What an amazing experience. It was so nice to meet everyone at our Meet and Greet at Flanagans. Thank you all for coming. Our journey began on Thursday morning. The anticipation of getting to the Great Lakes was actually fun. We were all jumping out of our skin with excitment. The three of us girls...Jessica, Kimberly and myself had our PIR shirts on that we made. We were so proud to wear them..and definitley got attenti… Continue

Good Morning. Its Wednesday, August 20th and all I can say is i'm feeling very relieved right now. Its been a long eight weeks of emotions. First it was dropping him off at the recruiters office..that sick feeling in your stomach..the swearing in ceremony and the goodbye hug. I remember sitting on my front porch..first waiting for THE BOX. The uneasy feeling I felt when I received his clothes. Then waiting for the form letter with the three lines...waiting for the address...so I could mail my fi… Continue

Hello...today is Saturday, August 9, 2008. I do have to say I am getting very excited about Graduation. I was just sitting here thinking about how I felt on the day I dropped off Brian at the Recruiters Office. The ache that I felt in my heart when he left that day was overwhelming. It has been a very emotional roller coaster ride for all of us. And now today...we are only two weeks away from PIR 8/22. How amazing :) The reason why I am writing this blog today is just to send out a heartfelt THA… Continue

Hi. Today is Thursday, July 31st. and yes I got another Letter. It was very uplifting. Brian said he only gets 6 hours a week of free time..and thats on Sunday. He said he has lots to do in those 6 hours and tries so hard to squeeze in some writing time. I totally understand. He said the next time he would be able to call is after Battlestations..so I guess I wont be hugging my cell all the time. He said he has a huge written test coming up and if they do really well on it then they get an all d… Continue