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Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on November 22, 2015 at 4:17pm

My nuke had times in school where he did not communicate as often and he was very busy studying. Once out of school if he is in port he texts me almost daily and he will call about once a week. His twin FB messages every day but almost never calls. But they are both guys and they do pretty well with communicating. 

Comment by Lilo54 on November 22, 2015 at 4:06pm

JaDee659 - thanks for the offer but they are in very different stages of school and probably don't know each other.  But, have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your daughter.  

Comment by JayDee659 on November 22, 2015 at 3:51pm

A school

Comment by Lilo54 on November 22, 2015 at 3:46pm

JayDee659 - is your girl in A school, Power School or prototype?  My son is Power School and is scheduled to graduate on 12/18.  

Comment by JayDee659 on November 22, 2015 at 3:35pm

We'll be there at Thanksgiving to see our gal. Let me know if you want me to see if she knows him. We could at least lay eyes on him if you wanted

Comment by Lilo54 on November 22, 2015 at 3:30pm

Yes JayDee659, they are all under a lot of pressure.  Some have never had to study like this before which includes my son!  I send my son a message every Friday at 4Pm when I know he is out of class.  He doesn't answer me but I'm sure he reads the message and knows that I am thinking of him. It wasn't until I hadn't heard from him in a month that I included the fact he hadn't called.  But, just a one line reply to know he is OK is all I wanted (I got two lines).  I won't bother him again until this Thursday - Thanksgiving.  I know there is no class so I would hope he would want to call us!

Comment by JayDee659 on November 22, 2015 at 11:52am

Lilo54 I've noticed that my daughter is a little more difficult to make contact with these days. I know she's studying hard and working a lot too. Its like when they were little and didn't eat. If you put the food out they'd eventually go ahead and eat on their own. Same with this keep letting them know you're there and they'll be back in touch. Sometimes they just need some independence to figure it out on their own.

Comment by Lilo54 on November 22, 2015 at 11:18am

Thanks KAM Mom.  I appreciate your prayers.  I think you are right.  It must be a guy thing.  My daughter. who is not in the military, contacts me all the time.  I have noticed that navy daughters seem to have more contact with their Mom's too!!!  Oh well, we love our boys even though their communication skills might need some work!!!!  

Comment by KAM Mom on November 21, 2015 at 9:23pm

Lilo54 lifting you both up to the Lord at this hard time.  My Sailor just finished A school.....he doesn't answer my texts or emails and he is waiting to class up.  And even my son in law, not in the Navy, does not answer messages from his mother either....it must be a guy thing....I don't understand.  but I am praying for you.

Comment by Lilo54 on November 21, 2015 at 6:49pm

Thank you SlezaksMom and BoyWonderMom.  I appreciate the words of encouragement and sharing your experiences with Power School.  I know my son is stressed and its the hardest part not being able to give him a big hug and tell him its ok.  I told him no pressure on calling us especially since he has enough stress to deal with.  We just worry and want him to know we are thinking of him and we care.  He says he doesn't have time to go to the mail room so we don't sent him mail.  I know he never reads his emails so all I have left is the messages I leave on his phone.  I try to send funny memories or cartoons each week.  If we didn't live 8 hours away, we would visit more often.  We went down in October (during the floods) to see him.  It made a big difference and I know it took his mind off of school.  I figure he doesn't call because his Dad asks him about school.  I don't ask about school.  I let him just tell me what he wants.  I am hoping to maybe get a call on Thanksgiving.  I worry that he doesn't have anywhere to go but he has never thought of the holidays as a big deal.  But, he has a lot of good friends and I'm sure they will be doing something together.  He has worked so hard and his class is a shorter than normal class (only 5 months instead of 6), he would be so frustrated if he came so close and not passed.  But, we have told him in the past, no matter what, we were proud of him and know that the Navy would find a good fit for him in the fleet if that is the case.  He even said to us on our visit that the torpedo room assignment wouldn't be so bad .  So, I will continue to just sent him messages and not expect an answer but hopefully they will make him smile and know that we really care about him.  I will be glad when this is over.  Its just as stressful as waiting to hear he passed battlestations in bootcamp!!!!  

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