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Birthday Mail
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Permalink Reply by MidwestMom on
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You can send him a card and maybe a new picture or two for his wallet. Make sure the envelope is white or beige, or just a plain looking color. He probably will NOT want his RDC to know it is his birthday. I've been trying to incorporate pictures with my letters. If you have a digital camera, just try to spend more time with it in hand and take pictures of his family, YOU, his car, his buddies, the pets, etc. and then write about them and download them into the letters.
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Permalink Reply by abuon18 on
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Thank you both for your replies, it's been very helpful! Unfortunately his family is moving out of state a month before he leaves midwestmom so I won't be able to take pictures of them or the pets but I will pass the idea along on to his family maybe they will!
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I'm not going to feel too sorry for you. There isn't a recruit alive that doesn't treasure letters, cards and pictures from his GF above everything else! We moms might try to fool ourselves, but he'll be tearing your envelopes apart first! Make sure there are LOTS! :)
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I already promised him I would write every day.... it's going to be difficult not talking to him every day but at least I will have things to say in my letters! I just want to do something so his birthday still feels a little special.
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Permalink Reply by UFQ202- Ship 12, Div 231 on
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I was in the Navy and went to bootcamp in 79. You have no idea how important mail is to your recruit. When you feel like shit because you did a left face while everyone else went right or something else wrong and you hear your name at mail call well all of a sudden the world looks brighter and you feel better. Even if you don't have anything to write then cut out a comic from the paper of send a picture. Just saying....
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