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Permalink Reply by Erica (DIV 297 PIR 9/2/2010) on
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Hello Rquiroz. You sound very proud of your daughter and she seems as if she is a brave free spirited person. You raised her to be fearless and to follow her dreams, so this may be one time when you just totally have to put your fears to the side and totally trust her judgement. She is living her dreams! What better could a parent ask for? Congrats on raising a talented individual you did good. My only child joined and will be graduating 9/2/2010. I go from being depressed from missing him to being so proud that I might bust because he is much braver than I was at his age. Don't worry she is following her dreams.
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Permalink Reply by Viki on
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My daughter is my BFF too.
I miss her but can't live her life for her...
She lives in Pearl Harbor by choice and is in the South Pacific now on a destroyer.
Kids...........
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Permalink Reply by Suzi-OH on
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OH boy.....you will probably be like me at PIR. My first husband was abusive to me and my two sons. My son in the Navy got the worst of it out of my two boys. Life was not easy and we have a close bond built over many years. Be prepared, if anyone can be, for a roller coaster of emotions. I went from being sooo proud to thinking of our life when he was younger.....to wishing I had my little boy back.....to grief that he was starting a new life without me......then to awe at the wonderful young man he has become and hope for his future and impressed at his dedication and content with his decision. It's still so fresh for me since his PIR was just on 8/13. I spent a lot of the weekend with him wiping away tears. And, it reminded me that if I spend too much time sad that I miss the wonderful experience he wanted to share with me as he truly became a man. Our youngest....8 year old Giovanni, hugged me and Lynch and reminded me that Lynch will always be in my heart.....here I was feeling like my heart was being ripped out when all along it was just a part of my heart that would be with my son forever....
I apologized to him because I could not give him the story book childhood and all.....his response to me is that he wouldn't have changed anything......that without me and everything we went through, he wouldn't be the man he is today. Talk about turning on Niagara Falls!!!!
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Hello, Rquiroz! My son was 17 last year and we went through the same feelings. My son left for GL's on July 14th, I was with him at the motel and at his swearing in at MEPS, it was a very proud moment and sad at the same time for a mom. I can tell you from experience, at 4 AM when all of the young men and women came to breakfast before the shuttle came to pick them up, I sat in awe of the faces of each one of them. They were all there waiting to get on the shuttle a room full of uncertain laughter and sleepy smiles, then all at once, they were gone. I sat there with tears in my eyes and said a prayer for each one of them as they left as children and will return as adults. My son made this decision on his own and I am very proud of this decision. My thoughts for the coming year. Take lots of pictures, hug her neck as much as you can and tell her you love her and you are very proud of the decision she has made, because in the end and when she is gone that is what she remembers the most, your love and being proud of her.
Sorry for rambling!
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Permalink Reply by ElizabethC on
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Wow...I am new to Navy for Mom's...what a great, amazing group of Mom's you all are...my son has taken the ASVAB and is waiting for job openings, I am going through many, many emotions (proud, scared, excited, sad) This is the first discussion I have read, I felt that it applies to my current state of emtions...Thank you all for being a great source of support.
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ElizabethC N4M's is the only place you can go, where others know how you are feeling. You will have so many up's and down's, but in the end, it comes down to supporting the choice your son, daughter or husband, decision to serve in the Navy. I know it was extremely hard to leave my son at MEPS, it actually took me 4 times to get out of the parking lot. Now if that isn't crazy? And to top it all off, I was driving and I had 3 capable people with me that could have driven. Just know your child is doing the right thing and love them like there is no tomorrow, because not seeing them for 9 weeks is very very hard, but you know in the back of your mind it will be a rewarding experience for them.
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