They are a lot of fun! They are such little clowns! We love our bully breeds....obviously, haha! Boston, Pit, and 2 boxers. The little chi was a medical foster for the shelter I used to work at. She had so many health issues she wasn't really adoptable but she is doing great here!

To post a photo (the way I see it on my computer, not sure how to on phone) is right above where you write your comment there is a gray area in the 'visual mode' tab with options for font, etc. Right above in the little boxes you will see a paperclip, clipboard, film, photo, link. click on the photo icon and choose your file from your computer photos and click 'ok'. That should do it! 

Yes, he is our second boston. Our first lived to be 16y/o and was so much fun that after he passed we added a puppy. He is almost 2y/o now. Here is a pic of all of our dogs and of our boston boy. 

Oh Hon!!! I KNOW!!!!! There is nothing for me to forgive!!! Your nerves are RAW and I touched one with my post.  I was not wanting to cause pain but to give you and other new to this moms a possible way to express what they were going through.  I was the blubbering mess Once too and I too took a well meaning comment completely wrong. I  hope you know that you are not alone even when this time/ adjustment feels so lonely!!  I hope you feel better today and that every day going forward gets easier.

Galina-- Please Accept my deepest apologies. I'm sorry if I upset you.  That was not my intention.   I did realize after your post that I missed the "Tissue Alert" that I usually post along with these things. 

We(Veteran moms) so often cover the fear and sadness of New Boot camp moms with "No News is Good News" and "The Navy will do amazing things for them" and while those things are true we also have a responsibility to acknowledge that sometimes things are not good and sometimes the Navy is not a good choice/influence on our kids. Both are the realities of the Navy and I want to make sure that those who are not seeing all the good all the time feel that they also can share without feeling that they are going to be judged because we GET it!! I want them to feel safe to be real and not feel that they have to have on this mask of "Everything is Happy and perfect" if it's not! Being real is the only way to get thorough those really hard times!

Again I did not share to hurt anyone and I deeply care that all our New moms on the Boot camp moms page feel welcome.  I hope you stay not for me but for YOU!!! The support from ALL the moms is very helpful! 

Galina - I hope you will read BBH's reply to you in the BC Mom group. And mine as well. HUGS!!

Hi galina - if your son has already graduated from BC then you may change your profile to show stage of (sailor's) Navy career from BC to Enlisted. Also, you might want to join our newly created group Beyond BC where we will be able to answer your questions about A school and you can stay connected with others whose sailors are enlisted now. 

Galina - As I said in chat, we don't openly talk about the specific dates for Battle stations in our public groups. But here is some general information -Battle Stations-21 (BST) - Navy For Moms (ning.com)

If your new sailor is able to call you, they will make their "I'm a sailor" call anytime during the week prior to their PIR date. That said, this COVID situation has changed a lot of that. some get a call, some don't some recruits have actually marched in their PIR before their division has gone through BS.  Most importantly keep your phone close by and ringer on loud. They will make that call still from a pay phone. They won't have their cell phones back until they are in route to their A school. 

Here is the information from the RTC website as to when and where to view the "virtual" PIR ceremony. 

* * *  Graduation Ceremony Guest Attendance Suspension  * * *

The U.S. Navy has suspended all Recruit Training Command formal, large-scale graduation ceremonies until further notice as part of its proactive approach to protect our mission and limit the potential spread of COVID-19.
Recruits will continue to graduate and participate in a smaller-scale ceremony, which will be videotaped and posted each FRIDAY on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/NavyRecruitTrainingCommand/ as well as our YouTube channel for RTC Public Affairs.
This virtual graduation will remain posted on Facebook and YouTube indefinitely for subsequent viewing.
This decision was made after considering recommendations from the CDC and medical professionals to support the well-being of our students and staff, and to maintain our mission essential function of providing basically trained Sailors to the fleet.
We will continue to monitor the situation and will resume graduations with guest attendance as soon as it is safe to do so.

I hope this is helpful. Be sure to check into the main BC Moms group as well. 

I saw you pop on chat - here is the PIR group for Feb 2021 - Groups - Navy For Moms (ning.com) - Join this group to discuss battle stations.

Good Morning galina,

Welcome to our group. Come and post on the comment wall when you are ready. We are glad you are here.

Welcome again!!!