Navy 08 mom's Blog (6)

Well it won't be long now and my son will be coming home from his first deployment. I have a ton of emotions rolling around in my head and lots of questions to go with them. My sailor is not based on a carrier and will fly back to his permanent duty station with his squadron. He has asked us to come to the homecoming but since he is flying into the base I'm not sure how it all works. Does any one have experience with this type of a homecoming? How do we get on the base? Will his superiors contac… Continue

Loud and Proud is my motto this 4th of July! A big shout out to all our military and their families this 4th of July. Proud of my sailor son who is currently on deployment. He is my hero! Thanks to all who have served past and present. Let Freedom Ring this day! HOOYAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Continue

Waiting has never been easy for me. I'm waiting for word from my deployed sailor. It's been a rough couple of days. I know he will get in touch when he can but right now time seems to be standing still for me. It's crazy but I swear I feel physical pain in my heart. You know like it was ripped in half. Every quiet moment finds tears coming to my eyes. I'm afraid it's going to be a long deployment. Just how in the world did the Mothers of the past survive when all they had was snail mail? I keep… Continue

Well now it is exactly one year ago today that my son was at Great Lakes for Boot. What a wild ride this past year has been. It has been a year of learning and growing with lots of different emotions. Mostly pride. I'm a creature of habit so having him gone at 19 was hard on me. Shortly there after his older sister moved too. The house was empty and to quiet. No more football games to go to. No hungry boys to feed. No jumping the 4 wheeler in the back yard to scare me. Just waiting by the phone… Continue

Well today is one of those rough days. I just want to go home and have a good cry. I'm missing my son. I know I'll see him soon but he will deploy shortly after that. Thinking about that has me ready to cry my eyes out. I kept trying to push it to the back of my mind so I didn't have to deal with it. It's fast approaching and I can't keep it put away in a space in my mind any more. I know I have to deal with it and work through it. Which is usually how I deal with everything in my life. You know… Continue

Well this is my first time to blog. I joined N4M a while back and have made a few friends. My son went in last May and graduated in July. He has finished A school and is now waiting to start C school. Today is his 20th birthday and it sucks not being with him. I'm sure he's fine he told it was no big deal but it's hard on me. I have a daughter who is 24 and a teacher. She moved out of state so there is no kids home and I hate the empty nest. Some how we have been together for every holiday since… Continue