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Comment by Pam on February 28, 2014 at 10:11am

Wow - did N4M's change the format.  It's a little too bright and it looks like they just shuffled things around on the pages! 

Comment by TexasDocMom on February 21, 2014 at 5:41pm

Lorrie!Yes, welcome to the group no one wants to join, and most of us can never leave, even when our kids are safe home and sometimes totally out of the military!  This site must have been having problems, it stop notifying me of comments here....sorry to be late getting to you!

On the phone conversations or emails...yes they love to hear about home...and see photos. I bought a cheap small photo album and filled it with pictures, including the dogs...and he carried it every where! Yes on foxsox.com....coyote color....like putting a cloud on sore feet! And every thing in the care packages in zip lock bags of all sizes...they use them for everything, it's gritty sandy over there.

Stay busy, put in the garden, paint a room, join a gym....and come here...you are not alone, as you can see....we are all here!

Comment by Pam on February 21, 2014 at 4:04pm

JerseySusan - so sorry to hear about your leg.  What a bummer!  And yes, we are in Conyers!

Comment by JerseySusan on February 21, 2014 at 12:24pm

Pam...Just saw you are from GA, I am as well. You are doing exactly what you should be doing, writing about hometown events is perfect small talk. We haven't been able to send any care packages to our son this time, but have been able to communicate through e-mails or FB private message about every other week which has been a relief. I know he really misses not getting a surprise box from us every month.

Comment by Pam on February 21, 2014 at 11:32am

Thanks Susan - I was glad to read about the boxes because I did send one to him and I pasted a bunch of photos of our huge snow storm (well 2" is huge here!) in Atlanta a couple weeks ago into a Word document and sent that to him.  Sometimes I think he probably thinks his mom is just rattling on when I write about the goings on around our small town, but I'm thinking it will help keep him grounded somehow. 

Comment by Pam on February 20, 2014 at 11:17pm

Hi Lorriemi!  I'm pretty new to this group also.  My son has been in Hawaii since last January and is currently a couple months into his first deployment with the Marines.  I have found that communications are sporadic and for days and weeks on end nonexistent.  But he's a Corpsman that loves his job.  When we do talk, I try to keep it light and to let him talk and tell me about what he's going through. Sometimes he feels like talking other times he doesn't. The ladies on this forum are just awesome and will probably be able to answer questions and give you invaluable pointers.  As Texas Doc Mom said to me when I joined, welcome to the group no one wants to be a part of.  But we are here for the support you need.

Comment by lorriemi navy mom x2 on February 20, 2014 at 10:56pm

Hi there, my name is Lorrie Garofano I'm new to this group and new to deployment.  My son was deployed from Norfolk VA on Feb 13 to Afghanistan, any suggestions, helpful information would be greatly appreciated   :)

Comment by JerseySusan on February 19, 2014 at 2:17pm

Awe Thanks for all your well wishes. Believe me when I tell you, I held onto my 8 month old grandson for dear life. After we dropped to the floor, he just rolled right out of my arms. I felt like I was in a fire drill Stop, Drop & Roll except I forgot the Stop!!

Tamme, I will be sure to let you know when we come your way!!!

Comment by Tamme on February 19, 2014 at 12:18pm

JerseySusan, so sorry to hear about your leg.  Hope you heal quickly.  Can't wait to meet you one day in Charleston.  Please let your son and wife know if I can be of any assistance. 

Comment by JerseySusan on February 19, 2014 at 12:06pm

Hi Everyone, I am finally getting around reading all these posts. I went up to NJ to help my daughter with 3 kids & help my sister take care of my parents, & on the very 1st day, ( 2 Saturdays ago) I misplaced the last step of our daughters stairs, with my grandson in my arms and broke my fibula right by my ankle! YUK!! I have a splint for 2 weeks which will be followed by a cast for 4 weeks. So instead of staying up in NJ for a month to help my daughter and sister, my husband drove me back to GA last Sat. after "ALL" the snowstorms that hit the northeast last week. Today is the first I actually feel better since this whole thing happened. Enough about my drama.

Our oldest son (Navy) & his wife are now driving back from San Diego to the east coast for his new assignment in Charleston SC. Since they never had time to take their honeymoon last summer, they are taking their time and traveling by car to visit many landmark sites. They went up to San Francisco, & now they are at Yosemite Park. The pictures they have been taking are breathtaking & they are having the time of their life!!!  They will be stopping our house for a day or 2 sometime with-in 2 weeks. Can't wait to see them!!

Our youngest son (AF) is deployed in Africa. We do hear from him every other week which has been great, but, he was pretty depressed for a while. His job assignment turns out not to be what he thought it was nor, is it what he was really trained to do, and the heart ache of a girl right before he left didn't help matters!! Of course, even though I felt very bad about his disappointing assignment, in a way, it had absolutely relieved my anxiety, as his mother, knowing he wasn't doing what I "thought" he was doing. He did say however last weekend that things would be changing soon and he was finally coming out of his depression of being disappointed between his job & the GF. All I want is for him to be happy with what he feels he wants to do. Praying for his happiness & safety.  <3  

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