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Comment by navymom on August 14, 2012 at 6:30pm

My daughter is in the DEP, and will not ship out until June, 2013. I am so proud of her, and nervous as well. I was delighted to see a group to help support mothers in the Boise area!

Comment by Jane (Kay's mom) on July 4, 2012 at 2:55am

Welcome to all of the newcomers to the list. Happy July 4th to all. Kay was supposed to get home tonight to begin her summer leave block from the Academy. Because of weather and late incoming planes, she missed her connecting flight in Chicago. The airline will not put her up overnight so she went to the USO. Last I heard she will stay there tonight. She is supposed to reach Boise by 1630 on the 4th. This was to be her first 4th of July to be home in the past 7 years. At least she'll be home for part of the holiday! Hope this finds everyone well and happy.

Comment by snowmc on July 2, 2012 at 8:56pm

Rosewomn...please send me a private message...all four of my kids have graduated from Capital.  Did your son play football?  My youngest graduated in 2011.  She has been attending BSU.  My youngest son has coached at Capital (football) the last 2 years and just graduated from BSU

Comment by rosewomn on July 2, 2012 at 7:42pm

Thank you snowmc & BSU-SRmom-901.  Yes I am in Boise my son graduated this year from Capital, he was the last of my three and my only boy and of course he was a momma's boy so this seperation has been hard for me. I am extremely proud of him and excited for him, he will be going to Pensacola to train as an avionic technician after BC. He has already seen more of this nation than I have in my whole life and I am excited to enjoy the adventure with him as he goes forward.

I didn't think about it being my first as a Navy mom, but WOW your right it is. That kinda makes you feel a little more proud and with me mushy too I guess. Thanks for the insight.

Comment by snowmc on July 2, 2012 at 9:19am

Welcome to the Navy family Rosewomn.  My son is a Lt. JG and a flight officer on the E6B Mercury.  Your son is in good hands...he will learn and grow a lot in the next few weeks.  Are you from Boise?  Where did your son go to school?  This 4th of July will be very special for you....it will be your 1st as a Navy mom!

Comment by rosewomn on July 2, 2012 at 1:01am

Hello, my son just left Boise on 6/21 for BC. I know there were 6 other boys who left the same day. I was excited to see a group for moms from Idaho. Hope to get to know some of you.

Comment by tdbridges on June 10, 2012 at 12:02pm

Thank you for the great words of advice, Jane.  I have been really trying to just write regular, everyday things in my son's letters.  He has been really honest about what he is going through in his letters home and I follow his line of thoughts with positive comments but not too much because I truly don't know what he is going through.  I look at the calendar and can't believe we will be packing for PIR in 2 weeks.  The time that was crawling at first is now flying.  What an amazing journey for our "kids" but for us as parents as well.  I know I've had to "grow up" a little through all of this too.  Boy is it hard :-)  I hope all Idaho Moms are doing well and looking forward to a fun summer!!!

Comment by Jane (Kay's mom) on May 11, 2012 at 9:19pm

Hi everyone...seems like only yesterday I found this site.  I believe Kay had already been in the Navy for 2 years by then.  After 5 years enlisted she has now finished her 2nd year at the Academy.  Only two more years then she's an officer.  Hard to believe.  When I sit down and think of it she has been in 7 years already.  To those with sailors joining recently, some advice:  be there for them, listen to them when they need to talk and don't be offended when they don't want to talk.  Respect that.  Don't try to tell them what to do or how to do something.  They need to learn to problem solve themselves.  One thing that always worked for me is when Kay had a problem/issue I would ask her if she would like advice.  Many times she would say, "no, I just want someone to listen".  So you do.  I'm sure I'm not saying things y'all don't already know but sometimes we forget.  We see our kids hurting and we want to fix it for them....but sometimes we can't.

So, when are we all getting together???  Its been a while.  Hope all of you are well.

Comment by tdbridges on May 11, 2012 at 10:12am

Thank you Kim:  I live around Idaho Falls and I love the blank letter idea.  He isn't much of a writer anyway so having something simple will  be so much easier for him.  He just arrived at BC last week so has a long way to go yet.  I haven't received my form letter yet but I cross my fingers everyday that this will be the one.  We are looking forward to PIR and all that comes after.  He is excited and so am I about his future; just a worried mom hoping he isn't too homesick and miserable right now:)

Comment by tdbridges on May 9, 2012 at 10:54am

Hello, I am a newbie mom to all of this.  My son left for BC last week so I am going through all the new emotions.  I would love advice and just friendly conversation about how to do the Navy Mom stuff.  This website has been so great as I am going through the process.  I am hoping for The Letter this week so I can start planning our trip to GL. 

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