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Comment by CW_Mom shp 9 div 228 on May 4, 2010 at 12:54pm

Hi all! Well, it's a new day and I feel much better than I did last night. Actually slept well. Think it was because I was so drained from the ups and downs yesterday. I feel much more confident about my son and his experience in boot camp. If you are a believer of God (or a higher power), I highly suggest you ask God to help you focus on just one day at a time. Being able to focus on JUST THIS DAY helps to keep the worry away, I also have thought of all the things I have been through in my life, Depression, divorce, deaths of loved ones, job losses, not knowing at the time how in the world I was ever going to make it through any of these things.. but I did. And my family thinks I am the 'weak' one! They have no clue! lol However, my point is... WE have all went through many things in our lives we maybe didn't know how we would make it, challenges and pain, even when we were our recruits age.. and sometimes without a support system or family. And guess what? If you are here now you made it! Yes, YOU MADE IT THROUGH! Every day is new. Every day presents it's own challenges and joys. But if you trust that God (or whomever) WILL take care of you and guide you in your days, it takes away the worry. Now is this easy to do? Not usually, as our minds are wanting to fix things and trying to plan. Planning is good and needed, but if you can focus on getting through today, while planning for what is needed for the future instead of worrying about it, you will find much peace. Now, after writing these 'great' lol words of wisdom.. I wasn't so good at 'practicing what I preach' the last couple days, and I'm sure I will slip in days to come also. But, when I am able to do it, I find so much more peace. For those of you who don't believe in God or a higher power, I do not mean to offend. Just offering up my life experiences and thoughts. Ignore them if you don't agree. I won't be offended. :-)

Comment by diannep on May 4, 2010 at 7:38am

Angie: I think you meant to say: They (the recruits) will only know each other by last names, and we (the N4M's) only know each other by first names? I remember asking mine if he knew another guy with his rate named Matt. No, he didn't. When he came home on leave, I showed him Matt's pik....He said, "oh yeah, that's ---------- (last name) !

Comment by CW_Mom shp 9 div 228 on May 4, 2010 at 12:45am

msleahmom: I don't know what information I passed on but I'm glad if I gave you any information that helps. As far as holding up good.. sometimes yes, sometimes no. Give me 5 minutes and it will change. Hang in there everyone. Like I told my son, it takes a lot of courage to make the decision and then go and leave everything and everyone you have ever known.. just to get that far is something to be proud of. And to 'heck' with the people (not on here of course) who have said to me, "Well, he knew what he signed up for." Ugh, I want to tell them what I think.. but I just smile and say, "I know, but that doesn't mean it's not hard.' People who are not the Mom of someone whose child is doing this just do not get it. So poo poo to them right ladies! :-)

Comment by CW_Mom shp 9 div 228 on May 4, 2010 at 12:38am

Dang, I went and wrote a book again!

Comment by CW_Mom shp 9 div 228 on May 4, 2010 at 12:38am

Hi all. My son finally arrived at GL and we got our 15 min call about 9:30 tonight and he said he would be calling again in 3 weeks. Seems SO long. Colton had his cell phone with him and called from that. I don't know if that makes any difference regarding when they get to call or not. It was really nice that he had his cell with him the whole time yesterday while at MEPS and today sitting in airports most of the day. Although it made it rough as several times we said 'goodbye' not knowing if we would be able to text or talk again. So each time I cried like a baby thinking it was the last time I would be able to hear from him for awhile. Then, here would come another text because he was able to text from the next place he was. I think we had around 270 texts today!!! Crazy, didn't get much else done, but that was totally fine with me. I thought my heart would break every darn time I had to say goodbye, thinking it was the last time. And I felt so bad for him as he was just sitting around ALL day waiting in one place or another, and the more he sat, the more time he had to think. And the more he thought the more nervous he grew. He was doing good this morning, but as the day went on and the more sitting doing nothing he did the more anxious and nervous he got. He waited 5 hours at the USO at O'hare because the shuttle said they had to have 54 recruits before they could take them, and he was #20. I don't know if they ever got to 54 because his phone battery was going dead so we had to hang up for real then. While waiting at the USO for the shuttle to take him to GL he asked me if he had his wisdom teeth still. I said he did- and then he found out they would be pulling them there! At least that is what someone told him there. So that added to his nervousness. He already seem a little different today in our text conversations. He actually seemed to care what I was saying! lol And thanked me several times when I would say encouraging things about how proud I was or how I knew he would do good. That is different than when he was home, so I can already see more apprecitation for 'just mom' than ever before. None-the-less, it was SOOO hard on the emotional roller coaster today. But I would recover each time. Now to try to sleep, we'll see how that goes because all I can think about is what he is doing and how he is doing and that he won't get any sleep tonight and they are probably yelling at him etc., etc. You know, the normal 'mom' worry stuff.
At this point, what I have learned so far isn't much, but I would say to tell your son/daughter to take their cell phone with them. It sure helps when they are sitting at airports or where ever waiting, and waiting, and waiting.. helps them and helps you. It so funny, we live in the country but near a city with a population of around prob 200,000. And it's not like he has never traveled anywhere.. but when he was sitting at the USO waiting for the shuttle, he texted me that he had never seen so many taxis! lol Small town kid going to the big city! lol I did ask God to please send him a friend there at bc. Someone he would make friends with right away so he would have a friend and not feel so alone. I hope God heard my prayer, and Colton is ok tonight. Hard not to worry.

Comment by CW_Mom shp 9 div 228 on May 3, 2010 at 3:09pm

Well, Colton texted me this morning to let me know all is well and he was on his way from MEPS to the airport. So we texted awhile and he is feeling better about leaving. Not so anxious, or nervous. At first I was afraid he was just saying that for my benefit, but after a bit of texting back and forth I really do think he is feeling better. He will be sitting at the airport for 3 hours waiting till his plane leaves. He will fly into Chicago and be there for like an hour I think he said, then to the USO? I"m not sure what that is, is it at bc? He said they ate breakfast at MEPS this morning and even though he wasn't hungry (nerves) he knew he better eat not knowing when he would get to eat again. They later gave him a meal ticket for $23 to get something to eat in Chicago before he gets picked up. So now I know a meal ticket is like a check I guess that they write out and he can get anything up to $23, but you can only use the ticket one time.. so eat good when you use it I guess cause you turn it in and don't get the 'ticket' back with the remainder of what you don't use to use anytime later.
Ok, since I started writing this we have texted again. like 1/2 till his plane leaves. He said he is getting nervous again. I just hate that, but I know it's normal. I"m just texting whatever I can think of to build him up. Signing off for now. JLC... it is hard, but you will make it. Add me as a friend and I will tell you all I have learned after today, or any support I can give, on here or in navy mom mail.

Comment by CW_Mom shp 9 div 228 on May 3, 2010 at 12:36am

Oh, forgot, and thanks to the rest of you who commented on our photo. Good pic of the kids, me... not so much. But I'm not very photogenic, like the kids are! You guys are too good! :-)

Comment by CW_Mom shp 9 div 228 on May 3, 2010 at 12:34am

Wow Jessica, you are too kind! lol That is me, the mom, and I'm sure that is apparent, but thank you for the smile. I only have a son and daughter.
My daughter is taking it well, as far as she lets me know. She doesn't talk alot about feelings, unlike her mom (lol). But she really does seem ok. She is soooo level headed and logical about things. Maybe she would be able to help your daughter. I'm so impressed with her all the time. She is amazing, the head she has on her shoulders. She is able to think of the positives even when things are hard. I am so blessed with both my kids. I hate that your daughter is having such a hard time. That has to be so hard on you too. I will say a prayer for you all. I had a hard time a bit ago, Colt still has his cell phone till he goes from MEPS to the airport so I got to talk to him a bit and tell him good night, how proud I am of him and how I know he will do great. I think I feel the worst when I feel like he is nervous or sad, cause even if they are grown to 20 you still want to 'make things better', but can't always. He's on his own now and I"m sure it will be a good growing experience, just hard. Just worry about him. You all know how that is I imagine.. or you wouldn't be on here right? lol Have a funeral to go to in the morning so won't be back on till later in afternoon. Hope you all do as well as possible with this, and thanks to the moms who are encouraging and helping us. I will be happy to be paying it forward in the days to come.

Comment by cindydarling on May 2, 2010 at 9:53pm

My son Pete is leaving for boot camp May 10th from San Antonio. Any other sons/daughters leaving around this time?

Comment by CW_Mom shp 9 div 228 on May 2, 2010 at 4:47pm

Oh, and I finally got a picture up.

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