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Comment by T-Lynn on December 28, 2011 at 1:47pm

I would chat - but phone call just came in - company

Maybe I will have some gossip and do I have comments to make too ! Hugs all

Comment by jeffiner-desert-wind on December 28, 2011 at 1:37pm

I meant daughters ex- the Marine; could he have committed suicide.

Comment by jeffiner-desert-wind on December 28, 2011 at 1:35pm

Maggs prayers for you! What a mess! Have they considered suicide?

Comment by Kim on December 28, 2011 at 10:30am

I woke up feeling a little better this morning.  Coughing clear stuff and no fever, so no doctor.  I did try some Canadian whiskey with tea before bed.

Thanks for the update sailorwifenmom.  My dil's family is in Sasebo. 

My dil is flying over the pacific.  Yea! She arrives at LAX at 10:25 and arrives in San Diego at 1:00.  Son is trying to get off duty.  He is on leave at 4:00 for 2 weeks, so she might have to wait for him.  A couple hours won't matter after waiting 8 months to see each other.

Blondie, thanks for posting about Heath.  Sorry about your friend.  Christmas can be so tough for some.  It is good they have friends like you.

Comment by barbara10/08 on December 28, 2011 at 12:24am

Well, ladies, catching up again.  My computer went down Monday around 10 pm so could not track sailors flight:(   We also had a great visit and it still feels like a part of my heart is ripped out when we have to say goodbye and watch him leave.   Usually, I do not cry until he leaves, but this time I just started when we hugged goodbye.  I don't want to make him feel bad but could not help it.  The day he leaves is my "cry" day, and then things get better and back to "normal".   He said it was the best holiday home he could have asked for.

Blondie- I was just tired when I was falling asleep, lol.  This site is NEVER boring!  Love all you guys and all the postings and pics and support, etc.  So very sorry you lost someone dear to you.

T-Lynn-Wow!  Congrats on the engagement!  So excited for you and happy that your sailor was able to be home for Christmas after so long!  The ring is beautiful!

Anti M- glad you had such a nice visit with your sailor.  Going back a few posts-wonderful about those gym memberships!  I know it will make a good difference in their lives.

Kim-hope you are better, but think you need to see dr. too!  Don't like the sound of pain when breathing in.  Nothing like homemade chicken soup for feeling better (and then T-Lynns remedy:) )

Maggs- so sorry sailor was not home yet again.  Will join in the positive thoughts campaign for next year!

Kathy, glad you are better but sorry to hear you need surgery.  Mostly sorry you didn't get the call-that stinks!

JLMomLisa- I love your pics-and those on the wall in the background, lol. Am going to get a pic frame like that for my sailors navy pics.
And don't feel bad-we all cry when they leave.

sailormomwife, welcome & thank you for your words of gratitude.  My sailor says the rescue/relief work he did was the thing he is most proud of in his life.  We are very proud of him and all those who helped in any way.

Oh, and when he was home he also wanted pizza, chicken wings and of course Christmas dinner :)

Comment by sailorwifenmom on December 27, 2011 at 11:42pm

Hi,

Thanks for the welcome everyone!  I'll try to answer what I can about being in Japan, though I have to admit, it's a lot different down in Tokyo than it is here - sort of like comparing, say, Wyoming to the Eastern Seaboard :-)

Kim, Yes, we are up where the quake and tsunami hit.  We were very blessed on the base here that we weren't hit by the water.  We're a couple of miles inland and in slightly higher ground, and we were at the edge of where the water hit, so it wasn't as bad here as it was even just 15 miles down the road.  Most of it was lack of heat and power and comms, and the destruction and everything near us.  My biggest worry was that both our kids (our son whose a Sailor was a Senior, and our daughter was a Junior) were traveling with their soccer teams, and had actually gone through Sendai on the train that day, going down to play soccer.  We had 5 teams (boys and girls soccer, track, softball, and baseball) down in the Tokyo area that day, so there were about 87 kids and chaperones from up here that were stranded down there in the middle of everything.  I can tell you though, being here, and this is NOT a bash on the other branches on the base here, but the Navy did an AMAZING job.  In just a few hours, the Navy had accounted for / knew the location of EVERY Sailor and dependent up here on our base.  Granted, some were like our kids, but they at least knew where they were, and the military had the kids back with us as quick as they could.  Again, this is not a bash on any of the other branches at all, because there were operational reasons for it that I can't get into, but while the other branches were leaving the area, the Navy flooded into it - even above and beyond what was on western news with the carrier group.  Sailors from down south came up and helped with cleanup, the Sailors here did as well, and the Seabees were going out on Monday and coming back on Friday, helping with recovery, for like 6 months straight.  I'm sorry to be going on about it, but I admit this is still a very potent subject for me for a lot of reasons.  All of you who had Sailors here in Japan when that day happened, and in the months afterwards, please know, whether they came up here to Misawa or they covered for shipmates so they could, they have made a HUGE difference in the lives of so many.  They saved literally thousands of lives and livelihoods with their actions.  You all should be so proud of them! 

Comment by JLmom(Lisa) on December 27, 2011 at 8:59pm

Blondie sorry for the loss, your right no matter the age and circumstances, it's never easy.

As for the pics, yes brother and sister, lol she is the older of them and HATES that he is so much taller than her, she asked him one day about 4 years ago, who said you could get taller than me and when did that happen ? he just laughed @ her

YAY for all welcoming sailors this week !!!

Hugs to everyone that didn't get the special time this year

As for myself, I was gonna be soooo strong @ saying goodbye this time, since I did not expect him to be here at all, well I did really good until I was tracking his flight last night and on the map with dotted lines of a flight pattern and the cute lil plane, my husband asked "where is he now"? I said he is (pointing @ the screen) right here and he asked, where is that? meaning his actual location...I said, I don't know. He is a little plane on a dotted line, I don't freaking know where my son is !!! So needless to say, I lost it ! I decided I needed to go to bed to shut off the waterworks or I would do this for the rest of the night. I am so happy that we had him here for Christmas, I couldn't have had a better wish come true. And I know there are ALOT of families going through this holiday season without their loved ones so I feel alittle shameful that I find it hard to say goodbye again.

He was delayed in Detroit and once in Japan had missed his connecting flight, they put him in a hotel for the night and he is due to fly out @ 2:45 their time. He was worried about making it back in time to report back @ 7 am, so we will see how this works, we are still very new @ this and always learning.

Love the ring, T-Lynn and can't wait to see her face to add to aour family memory bank :)

 

Welcome to the new Moms !

 

Comment by Kim on December 27, 2011 at 6:40pm

Let's start a poll:

What food did your sailor want the most when he visited from Japan?

All three years he wanted the same.  Top three where

1.  Pizza from his favorite restaurant.

2.  Turkey and stuffing dinner.

3.  Pecan pie.

Comment by susan on December 27, 2011 at 5:37pm

Sailor  will be home in 2days.Shopped  for all his favoraite  foods, so I can cook for him. He has 8days here and 3 for traveling Some time is better than none

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Comment by T-Lynn on December 27, 2011 at 5:08pm

Oh. my mother in law has a home remedy !

2 aspirins with hot Tea with a shot of tequila !

She gave her kids this all the time.  Given at bed time- they slept - next day - REAL Better.

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