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On July 7th my daughter will begin her great adventure. After boot camp she goes to the CTI program in Monterey California.

I'm finding that I am depressed and weeping, even though I know this is a great choice for her. She needs to leave home and see the world.

I'm wondering how to use this site for support; it is very big and overwhelming. Where should I start?

Thanks!

Carol

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Carol stay on Navy for moms. Join bootcamp moms. Also join your PIR group after you get your letter. Can join on face book also. All the groups really helped when my son was at boot camp. On Navy moms click on the groups link. Good luck to your daughter!!!

Definitely stay on N4M's....Write letters, lots of letters for your sailor, you won't be able to mail them right away, but you will have them ready for when you can.  Start thinking about and planning your trip to PIR, it will give you something to look forward to.  Find something else in your life that you can concentrate on while she is gone.  And stay on N4M's.   The ladies on here are funny, helpful, will pray for you, will listen to you, will support you, and most of all, only they will know where you are coming from!!!  

Don't miss this opportunity to start writing down your feelings of love and pride for your daughter!  Put them in letter form and once your daughter gets to boot camp, start inundating her with your letters!

These guys and gals at boot camp LIVE for mail from home!  (Can you believe some never receive letters?  As time goes by ask your daughter if any of her friends need a pen pal.)

One caveat... stay away from conversations about depression or sadness.  You always want to be honest with your recruit, but first and foremost always be encouraging and uplifting!

Bite your lip about bad news, you can talk about it AFTER boot camp.

Start looking for puzzles, riddles, and mind-teasers to include in your letters.  We use to send our son riddles and send the answers in the following weeks batch of letters we would send to him.  It gave him something to look forward to each week.

He passed the riddles around and got a lot of guys involved and had a lot of fun.

Another thing you can do is figure out what she is interested in (our son was always interested in new technologies, electric vehicles, etc.) and send her articles you copy from the internet and paste them into the letters you write using a word processor like Microsoft Word.  We did the copy and paste thing because we once heard newspaper and magazine clippings were not allowed in the envelopes with the letters

The articles are great, as they will give your daughter a glimpse of the outside world while tucked away in boot camp.

The best thing you can do right now?  Reassure her about her decision.

Remind her - again and again - that boot camp is a well-developed game and not to take anything too personally.  Yes, it will be tough in the beginning, tough in the middle, and tough at the end - but as the days go by, if she allows herself to remember that it's just a game intended to teach her a lot in a short amount of time and meant to test her endurance, she will do just fine.

Carol, keep yourself busy and if you don't do it now, start exercising - it's a great stress reliever!  Plus, you can compete with your daughter as she goes through boot camp.

Stay on N4Ms, ask a lot of questions and trust in your daughter's decision.

Maureen

Hi Carol....I think Maureen said it so succinctly. It is a very hard time for you as well as a big adjustment. Not only is she starting a new phase of her life, you are too! I saw my younger son through Marine Corps boot last year and now I have a SR. He is going into the CTI program as well! They need us to be supportive and confident for them. Write, write, write! They love that. I, too, copy articles from the internet and send them along. You are in for a roller coaster of emotions but you got this! Focus on graduation and the absolute pride and joy you will feel! ((hugs))

Thanks everyone, this is the most difficult time I've been through. If anyone can relate and lives in Western Mass...please let me know. I'm thinking I'm could use a support group. She's leaving her entire personality here, lots of crafts, clothes, stuff! I don't know how I can cope for a bit so I will try to let it sit until I feel like I can deal with putting her stuff away. :-(

Not to mention that no one seems to understand why this would hammer me like this. I have a career but have always been a mother first.

My daughter just arrived at BC. I have cried soo hard for days especially today! I was able to see her swear in and watch her leave on her bus. The hardest thing is knowing there is no communication. She was able to txt me when she was a O'Hare waiting for others to arrive. She got some sleep and then I did not hear back for 2 hrs. I then got the call:-(. I answered by saying " I Love You" ( crying of course).... It was very scripted. She said she would call in 3weeks. Is that accurate? I miss her soo much already... My heart aches :-(... I can't stop crying:-(. I want to write ASAP. I am soo proud if her!!! Just hurts to be away from her. Anyone else having such a difficult time coping with this :-(?

That "call in 3 weeks" could be before or after that. See Arrival and What Happens at the RTC and Phone Cards and Phone Calls.

I have been doing a lot of sobbing. It really helped for me to go back to work. Leah's dad and I are divorced. She called him thinking that I might miss the call (I was glued to my phone). Short message. She, too, texted us from OHare.

You are not alone, I've sobbed and sobbed. Her stuff is all over the place, as if she dropped everything and left (which in a way she did). I found myself kissing her pillow the other day, hugging her clothes.

Even though rationally you can know it's for the best, it is a sad transformation...for me it's empty nest which has messed with my entire identity. I was more mom than anything. At least I still have my son for a while but he's 18.

Hang in there.

Orpy

Check your My Page.

It is only day 2 of not hearing her voice and I am sobbing...I tried calling my house to tell my family I passed my real estate test and of course no one answered! All I could think is that Ang always answers when I call! I want to txt her so when she turns her phone on she will see my txt. Good idea? God, I am soo sad without my daughter here.... I just want to know she is ok :-(((..

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