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The room is cleaned out.
I looked in the room last night because my nieces were sleeping in there and it was so bare! I really wasn't ready for the blank wall where posters used to hang and a clean floor than was usually cluttered with clothes and shoes. Again, I was reminded that she was gone for good - not just the few weeks for boot camp.
I really wasn't ready to hear that in 5 days your daughter will be gone for good - never coming home again to live. The next time she comes home she will be visiting. I think that is the hardest part of all. When most kids leave home, they go to college, come home for holidays, and live with their parents again during the summer months. My daughter left and will not be coming home on the normal breaks. She is no longer a member of the household - according to the government. I think this is the hardest part of a child joining the military.
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Comment by BunkerQB on June 28, 2010 at 4:25pm
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Hmmmm. My sailor has been in since Dec '06. His room is exactly the way he left it. Same posters, same pictures, same awards - nothing has changed. I admire you. I am not interested in letting go. LOL.
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tracey and Carolyn - my oh my - we are three of a kind. Our sailor had told us we could do whatever we wanted. I didn't even think about what their reaction would be. Everything in our house has been the same for years. We are just two fuddy-duddies. Same house, same jobs, same furnishings and unfortunately, same weight (me-with baby fat, husband without).
In our younger son's bedroom, we replaced his old double bed with a very comfy queen size and replace his old desk and book shelf with a new IKEA wall to wall unit. Now it functions better for guests. At first he was very negative about coming home to find his old bed gone but after 5 seconds on his new bed, he had a big grin on his face and said, "Mom, this is OK." He ha invited many friends across the US to come visit.
Posters. Who could let Jimi Hendricks and the Doors go? Hey, that my generation!
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Comment by Michigan Cindy on June 28, 2010 at 9:37pm
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I got clobbered a bit differently when my son left for boot camp a year ago. He didn't leave me a room to clean up; he left me a whole house. I had dirty laundry, dirty dishes, a full garage and basement. And that was after he moved his best stuff to a storage unit. Our kids are no longer in our households, but the "Mom job" never ends. By the way, I did manage to sort out most of the house, and we managed to sell it when he was home on leave. Next vacation, I'm going to HIS place.
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Cindy, first of all congratulations of getting his house SOLD! What a mother! Getting a home ready and staged for the marketplace is tons of work.
They will always think of us as their MOMMA, My Own Marvelous Multi-purpose Admin.
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Good point, BunkerBee. Git 'r dun! Is there anything we cannot do?
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Blondie, I know what you mean. Because my son is a single junior officer, he gets assigned watch duty during all the holidays. Example, he was here from Dec 1 to Dec 10. But he understands. The holidays are so important for officers with families. He accepts it as being a part of a team. As his mother and father, my husband and I don't like holidays with just the two of us but we make do. Are you depressed over anything in particular or generally not feeling up to snuff today? Eaglemom pointed out to me one day last year (seems like ages ago) that at times you have to just feel your pain, accept that it is there. Having a bunch of people say, "It'll be OK." may not necessarily be what you want to hear because it denies it's existence (glosses over the stuff - like men tend to do - when you really would like to just absolve it before climbing back up). Just know that we are HERE.
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Comment by Ellie on June 29, 2010 at 4:11pm
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I wish I could have left my daughter's room like you ladies have done! I hated having to pack things up. I have too younger sons, though, and they are currently sharing a room. We had told them they could have their own rooms when their sister went into the Navy - not realizing it would happen so soon:( My biggest relief, though, is that now the two left won't fight as much!!
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Sometimes, I think we should downsize just so I would HAVE to dismantle the shrine. Is it funny how things sneak up on you and before long, she/he is off and is all grown up? Talk to you later.
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Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on June 29, 2010 at 6:37pm
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I am so glad I didn't have to do too much cleaning in my daughters room. I did have laundry to do and pack up from what she wore a few days before she left but she actually did most of it herself. She packed it all up and put it in totes and moved it to the basement (with help from her lil bro who towers over her). She even took 3 bags of her clothes to a resale shop for some extra cash. Funny how they get the cash from that even when we bought the clothes lol. The funny thing is she even packed what she thought she would not be able to live without at A-school and on board her first ship. I laugh every time I look at that HUGE suitcase. I bet she has 25 different outfits in there and at least 6 pair of shoes. There is no way she will ever have room for 1/10th of what she packed lol. I actually think she could fit in that suitcase herself.....
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