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Permalink Reply by Kat72 on
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When my son graduated there were 19 divisions and we were allowed 4 tickets! I hope it works out that you will get all 4 tickets! Best wishes to you it is one heck of a ride;) Graduation from BC is like nothing else.
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Permalink Reply by Gina on
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Thanks Kat72. It is still 36 days until he leaves but I am having a bad day. Just sinking in that it is really almost here.
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Enjoy those 36 days, it will go by VERY fast. Once he gets to BC it will be very limited conversations you will get the "I got her safe call" (which I slept through...felt horrible). then the box with all his personal stuff. You will get more regular calls at first (Saturday or Sunday sometime) then letters on Wednesday and Thursdays. It is kind of weird getting hand written letters but you come to love them! Know that no contact is not a bad thing....no contact means they are safe and doing what they are supposed to be doing! I actually liked BC because I knew he was safe and didn't worry about not hearing from him...I struggle now when I don't hear from him, because I know he has more freedom and the ability to call, text and all that good stuff.
This is a journey that will have many ups and downs and you have no control. This was bery hard for me and I still struggle and my son left for BC last September.
Feel free to private message me anytime. I have made some amazing friends on this site!
BTW, what is your son's rate? My son is a corpsman.
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