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Comment by CatMom509 on September 21, 2013 at 4:29am

Smile09,

That was just perfect what you posted!!  Our sons and daughters need to go through this process to grow up and mature.  It's preparing them for life outside of our cozy little protective homes!  They will be much, much better from this Boot Camp experience and so will we!!!   God has the path they are meant to take here in the Navy~~  :)

Comment by Luvsbichons Frank's mom on September 21, 2013 at 2:47am

Today was a difficult day! Many of you write as if you read my mind. The love and care you express for you SR is mine also. I find myself wiping away tears some of joy and some bittersweet as I read your postings. Sometimes I wish there was a YES or AMEN button to click on...lol. Thanks for helping me get through and put things in perspective. Couldn't do this without you!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on September 21, 2013 at 12:12am

I just realized I had not joined this group yet and i am so sorry. I was away visiting my Sailors and babysitting my new grand baby :) 

Hi everyone I am one of the volunteers here to help you through this experience :)  I know how hard this is for so many of you. And as hard as it is to believe the boot camp time will pass pretty quickly. I always say the days drag by but the weeks pass quickly. I was a mess when my daughter was there. I didn’t have much time to prepare as she was only in DEP one month and then she was gone. I was always wondering what she was doing and how she was. But it all turned out great and it is so hard for me to believe it has been more than three years. Now she is a Sailor and is married to a Sailor and they just had their first baby/my first grand baby :) She was born July 24^th and I was there <3 She is simply perfect and has already stolen my heart. :) After more than three years on this site I am still here helping others get through this experience and I love it. If you have any questions or concerns please just let us know. We are here to help you :) And please feel free to send me a friend request if you like. I am happy to help in any way I can.

Try to find something fun to do and stay busy. If you have little ones at home there are several things you can do to make this journey a little easier for the, Make a paper chain with a link for each day they have left in boot camp and let them remove one link each day. It will help them see that this is only temporary. Other have also put a quarter in a jar for every day left and each week allowed the child/children to use the money for an ice-cream cone or even for a special card to send to their recruit, gumballs or gummy bears in a jar work well too and they get a tiny little treat each day. So many things can make it a better experience for them.  

Hang in there and keep sending words of encouragement to your recruits. If they can get past the half way point they will be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel and know they can do this. It will get better for them by then :) And we are all here for you.

Comment by lisacast1277JACNavyMom on September 20, 2013 at 11:30pm

MommyLisa Ship 02 Div 951 You made me shed a tear:( My son texted me from his cell phone from the airport saying something very similar to what your daughter told you. I only have two kids, my son being my oldest and my 10 year old daughter. I have faith that God is watching over our kids and guiding them every step of the way! We moms did an amazing job raising such honorable children! We should all be proud:) Hope to meet you all at the Meet and Greet prior to graduation. God Bless you all!!!

Comment by MommyLisa Ship 02 Div 951 on September 20, 2013 at 11:22pm

Thank you all. It is so nice to not feel like I am feeling this way alone. This is my only daughter. My 20 year old son said I was obsessed and needed a life. I told him some day he would be a parent and understand a parent's love. I didn't think a little over 2 weeks would feel like a life time. I keep hearing the last words she said to me when I was hugging her good-by-I am able to do this because you made me strong enough to. I wish I would have made myself a little stronger! lol 

I wonder if mail carriers get special training to help them deal with us stalker moms!!! lol

Comment by Jacobsmom on September 20, 2013 at 11:05pm

CP, good question. I was wandering the same thing. Ugh, not feeling so well about not getting to take care of him afterwards. I know mine and if he's still not feeling well, he won't say. Were talking about a kid that played baseball with a cast on his arm, broken knee in baseball, and stitches in his head from again a BASEBALL ! Ohhh, I so wish to hear from him.

Comment by Addison's Mom (Ship 09 Div. 417) on September 20, 2013 at 11:05pm

Lisacast1277, am right with you! My son is my one and only child and I try do be sociable but my son is always in my head no matter what I am doing. This site has helped me thru these past two weeks! And I think all the mothers here have been a godsend! :)

Comment by lisacast1277JACNavyMom on September 20, 2013 at 10:27pm

Thanks for the motivation Smile09Ship9Div418PIR11/1/13. But this is my 1st time going through something like this! I have only 1 son. My first born and I'm just really having a hard time adjusting to this whole thing! I am really grateful for this site! It has really eased some of the stress but not all! Hearing other Mom's stories really helps!

Comment by Smile09 AD/HM Mom on September 20, 2013 at 10:20pm

OH, and by the way, I am a mailman stalker as well:)

Comment by Smile09 AD/HM Mom on September 20, 2013 at 10:20pm

Yes, it is hard waiting on our SR's to contact us - I agree.  This is our 2nd son going through boot camp in 2 years.  I did not have any contact at all with son #1 until at least 3 weeks in and received a total of 2 letters during the entire duration of BC.  That being said - I think it needs to be that way.  The first couple of weeks they are obviously not going to be loving it.  That is the whole idea.  The Navy is making our sons and daughters into the men and women it needs them to be.  Of course it is going to be uncomfortable, and it needs to be. No one likes change, or pain.  But the pain of change is what is necessary to mold them and break off some of their habits and ideas about life that they "deserve" to be comfortable.  This may sound harsh, but hear me.  I grieve terribly for the void in our home without our son's presence.  I think of him and pray for him multiple times each day and would love more than anything to know how he is.  I know he is probably missing home and us like crazy but I also know this will pass.  He is going to bond with his shipmates with an everlasting bond.  He is going to get into a groove, one that he needs to get into in order to be successful.  Being distracted by how much he misses us will only be exacerbated by phone calls that are made too soon. When I am struggling and I hear the voice of one of my loved ones, the first thing I do is cry.  Although this may be comforting at the time, it is not always helpful.  Trust the process.  Lean on other moms/wives/girlfriends on this site - that's what we are here for!  It truly is a lifeline during this turbulent, yet short, period of time.

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