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Comment by UFQ202- Ship 12, Div 231 on October 16, 2011 at 10:22am

My Sailor is doing well at Corps School in San Antonio. They are still having growing pains moving there from Great Lakes. He will graduate 11/1 and then heads to San Diego Naval Hospital for duty. We are lucky in that we live in Texas and he has been able to come home to visit and we went there once.

Comment by Terry'saproudmom(Ship02-Div936) on October 15, 2011 at 8:35pm

Hi everyone...wondering if anyone from our group still checks in from time to time.  Wondering how everyone is doing.  How their loved ones have been doing in A school.  Anyone already graduate?  What our division 936 Sailors are doing.  Mine is still at A school in Port Hueneme will graduate 11/4 he was made company commander.  He is attending the Navy Ball tonight. Praying our Sailors are all safe and doing well.  I have a facebook page if anyone would like to reconnect friend me here and I'll give you my name

Comment by Lvemyabej on October 2, 2011 at 12:10am

Hello how is everyone doing I havent been on here for a long time

Comment by ilmstravis on September 7, 2011 at 11:28pm

We had Travis home this weekend. He was in his civies for the first time. I did not think I would have cried as much as I did. I have missed him being home. He cried when we entered into the TN border. He told me last night that he wants me to realize that he sees the tears I shed and the hurt I have in my heart but he does not want me to dwell on it. Does anyone else struggle with the fact they can hear their sailor's voice, and even skype with them but yet feels so alone bc they are not there with them to do everyday tasks. I hope I am not alone. Travis, Kalli, and I went to his mamaw Doris's house for a cookout and everyone was so happy to see our "family" back together at her house. It was like it used to be. However we had to say goodbye too. I never thought build-a-bear would be such an awesome idea for Kalli, but she loved it. She now has a brand new bear that is in his whites. Hehe. I have one as well. Both of our bears have Trav's voice in it with a personal message. Then we all laid down when we got home and watched Rio. Pretty cute movie even with Kalli's snores in it. Hehe. It was hard for me to sleep that night bc I knew I was going to have to give Trav back the next day. Monday morning he went to wake Kalli up and that is how we got the new picture. She told him she wanted Jamie and he told me to come in there and sit with her while he made breakfast. She is asleep. When we woke her up to eat breakfast she began to cry and say she didn't want daddy to go. I had to walk out of the dining room because I started crying. I went to his parents room and his mom held me bc I told her i didn't know how I was going to do it with our children. She told me they will be used to it because they will be born into and Kalli isn't because she wasn't. I just have to be faithful. I hope everyone had a great weekend. I know I did.

Comment by Terry'saproudmom(Ship02-Div936) on September 7, 2011 at 5:25pm

For anyone who rides and is in California....there is a ride this Sunday from Pt. Mugu to Pepperdine U.  Here is some info.

By Operation Gratitude
Join Operation Gratitude supporters and others as we honor and remember the victims of 9/11 at the Ride to the Flags event on Sunday beginning at 10 am at the Pt. Mugu Naval Base in Oxnard, California and ending at Peppderdine University's Alumni Park in Malibu. More information may be found at the Ride to the Flags website: http://www.ridetotheflags.com/ and Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/ridetotheflags

Comment by Terry'saproudmom(Ship02-Div936) on September 7, 2011 at 7:34am

UFQ202 AND DAVEMOM2:  Thanks for your responses.  I was glad to hear that what I was seeing is not so unusual. I talked to a friend who was in the Navy. He said I should get use to this "new norm".  We laughed when he asked me if my Sailor ate really fast.  I said yes he was just shoveling in the food like he hadn't eaten in a week. LOL....he said for him that was the last thing to change after he got out of the Navy and sometimes his wife still has to tell him to slow down, He served in Desert Storm so it has been awhile.  I just want my son to feel comfortable here when he is home and wonder what if anything I can do to help him feel at home.  I just tried to go with the flow and let him do what ever he wanted to do.

Comment by UFQ202- Ship 12, Div 231 on September 6, 2011 at 10:29am

Terry'sMom- I noticed the same thing. He came home to see his friends and ended up hang out with two of the kids who are in Corps school with him. I went through the same thing over 30 years ago when I came home for my first leave. All my friends where planning the Prom and HS graduation and I was headed to Great Lakes for Corps school. When my son left in May for bootcamp I knew things would never be the same. Once he has been in longer he will adjust better it just takes time. They still have the bootcamp mentality.

Comment by DaveMom2 on September 6, 2011 at 8:48am

Hi Terry, I remember when I came home from being at College the first semster.  I had graduated from HS a year early so most of my friends were still there.  I'm 53 and I can still feel this slow motion feeling I had when I went to see them and how out of place I felt.  It was like I had kept moving and maturing but they hadn't.  They seemed to be in the same place when I had left and I went back in time and I realized I didn't like that place and was glad that I had moved on.  Maybe that is what he saw, that he had moved on and they didn't, which seemed weird to him.  He has matured more than they and he could see he had changed but really didn't know how to express it. 

Comment by Terry'saproudmom(Ship02-Div936) on September 5, 2011 at 11:54am

UFQ202:  Glad you got your Sailor home for the weekend.  We did too!  I too will be driving him back (only 55 miles) early to make sure we don't get caught in the holiday traffic.  I have a question for you and anyone else who has their Sailor home...do they seem different to you?  I don't mean more mature, I saw a restlessness.  My son seems uncomfortable.  He did tell me that everything seems different and that it feels weird to be "out" or "off base".  He went to the place where he worked to visit and told me it was "really weird".  Many of his friends were busy or out of town so he only got to see a few...didn't say much after being out with them but still seemed uncomfortable.  I am hoping this is just a temporary condition.  He has always been my quiet kid but this seems different.  Do you think I'm just over-reacting?

Comment by UFQ202- Ship 12, Div 231 on September 5, 2011 at 9:49am

Got our DVD and our sailor. We drove to San Antonio to get him for the long weekend. It was a good visit and he was able to see his friend's and get some home cooking. Taking him back soon so he can study and get ready for the week. Not sure about the t-shirts. Still have not ordered any.

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