Amber's Blog (5)

WE GOT A CALL FROM MICHAEL!! He is in Paris France on leave for a few days!! SO COOL! He said he's doing great. Radiation levels are down. Quals are coming along and he should earn his dolphins not long after he gets on his assigned ship. Drum roll please...............the big news is he gets to come home for TWO WEEKS when he is fnially back in port again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!! we may have a wiat for that but at least we get it!! He said he misses everyone and will be glad for a visit. My mo… Continue

We just got another email from Michael!! He sounds really good. Being out of the galley has done wonders for his spirits. He has somehow managed to loose his glasses.........on a submarine........did I mention they are deep under the water? How does that work? LOLOLOL He also said quals are coming along great and that he is growing a goatee............I think he said that they get to pay money not to shave and that money goes for some kind of stuff for the guys. Anyway he siad pics would be for… Continue

I GOT AN EMAIL FROM OUR SON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He sounded really great. He was grateful we have been writing. They didn't so anything for his birthday this past Thursday, and the big big big news........he is out of the galley!!! Now he has way more time to work on quals! He was so positive and sounded very happy. He asked us to get with the amsbudsman about how we can arrange to meet his ship when it comes in. HE ASKED US TO BE THERE! WOW! He said if he gets far enough in quals he can… Continue

Well here we are a week away from Thanksgiving and getting ready to celebrate yet another holiday without Michael. Last year we intended to go have turkey day with him in Groton, but our younger daughter has asthma and was just getting over a major spell of it, I was a little nervous to be that far away from home and her not 100% yet. Michael was so very disappointed. But he made the best of it and since he had a car he volunteered to get people to the base Thanksgiving day meal. He also worked… Continue

It is finally getting a little easier. Michael is on his first sub deployment as a rider so he can get quallified while his sub is in dry dock. He is actually calling every couple of weeks and letting us know how things are going and where he is. He left in September and gets back to his port some time in March. I am a little, okay a lot, sad. He will be missing Thanksgiving, Christmas AND his birthday. But we are beyond words proud of him and all he is doing with his life! The sacrifice is def… Continue