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PIR 1/28/2011. Divisions 53-58, 910

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For everyone with a Recruit that has a PIR 1/28/2011 date! For Divisions 53-58, 910

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Comment by Deana (Ship 11, Div 053) on December 9, 2010 at 11:30am: Good morning, all! I think the "Christmas card to every recruit" idea is great! I would be willing to do that for Ship 11, Div 053. Are there any other moms out there with a son/daughter in this Division? I just wrote a letter to my daughter and asked her for a list of names. Would I send them to the RDC or what?

Comment by Penny_Nuke_MM2_NimitzNuke on December 9, 2010 at 11:15am: Denise, we got your back girl. Just let us know how we can help. And if we can't help, we can pray for you and your family. Remember, after the storm clouds come a rainbow; I'm praying for a rainbow for you today.

Comment by Kathy Ship 11 Div 057 on December 9, 2010 at 10:52am: well Denise...we got ya...don't u worry! :-)

Comment by Denise on December 9, 2010 at 10:35am: Me too Kathy - trying to keep my head up - yesterday was bad for many reasons - I've just got too many stress factors in my life!

Comment by Kathy Ship 11 Div 057 on December 9, 2010 at 10:16am: Before being part of this site, I really didn't think I would get through all this. THANK YOU ALL!
I have made some awesome friends, knowing there are others going thru the same as me. (sorry, but my husband just doesnt understand why i get upset...he's a cop and went in the army at 17). Keeping involved in this site has involved me and distracted me enough, and also added so much excitement to this adventure. The excitement is finally overpowering the fear!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on December 9, 2010 at 10:08am: Good Morning everyone, I hope you all are doing well. I know you are counting down the days and right now it feels like PIR will never get here. Then one morning you will wake up and it will be time to go and you won't believe how fast the time went by, especially the last 3 weeks. And can you believe it is just barely more than 2 weeks until Christmas????? It seems like it should be Halloween. This year has flown by.

Comment by Lynne on December 9, 2010 at 2:33am: The first three to four weeks are the hardest y'all...I cried when I woke up, I cried when I went to sleep, I cried when I saw a Dr. Pepper can...and when his buddy brought me in the dirty clothes from his back seat he "forgot" to take out of the car...I cried about that too. I cried when the phone didn't ring, I cried when the mailman drove by, when I read what the other moms posted...man I should have bought stock in kleenex...but little by little my tears subsided and I began to worry, and plan my trip, and realize I wasn't alone, and then i figured out my house had gotten to be a total disaster....lol! Life went on and so did I. You will too. It's okay to feel all those emotions. Cindy...you will get a letter...probably not as soon as you would like...yesterday...but one will be coming. Penny you will get through it and make it to graduation and then you will cry again in that Great hall when the double doors open and you see that great sea of sailors standing there ready to pass in review and you know one of them is yours...you'll stand a little taller, your head will be a little higher, your back a little straighter, your love of country a little stronger as you see with pride your sailor pass by having made his mark in the navy.

joans you are right no one understands what you going through like another navy family...so keep coming here...we'll be here waiting. Cassie..the car is as good a place as any to cry...but remember even if Christmas is silent like Thanksgiving your recruit will have that card from you...that little piece of Christmas and he will know that even if he isn't physically in your home...he is in your heart.

To everyone else hang in there...and get started on those Christmas cards...lol!!

Comment by Cindy Ship11,DIV54 on December 9, 2010 at 2:04am: I'm in on the Christmas cards. If I ever get a letter, I'll ask her how many are in her division! LOL

Comment by Penny_Nuke_MM2_NimitzNuke on December 9, 2010 at 1:48am: I hear ya, Joan. I feel your pain as well.... well maybe not the ear infection though. We'll get through it just in time for them to graduate and then start all over again, Right?

Comment by joansj proudGSM mom on December 9, 2010 at 12:17am: Cassie I know what you mean, to have our children leave during the holidays is really hard. The best thing the recruiting officer could have done was put me in touch with this site. It has been a great comfort and source of support for all that I have been going through. I have found a new set of friends and it helps to hear that others are experiencing the same thing. I thought I was going crazy at first and my family is very supportive but they really don't understand what it is like for a mother to say bye to their child. My son will be staying in
Great Lakes for A school so he will be away for 9-10 months that is why going to his graduation is so important to me. It has gotten easier with the support of all on this site, but their are times during the day when I just think about my son and I cry. I guess we will all be doing this from time to time. Hang in there and I will continue to do the same.