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Comment by Tamme on December 20, 2010 at 7:07pm

So sorry, Surfermom, to hear of your Mom passing.  I know she would be so proud to be at PIR. 

 

Kdhnc, he probably means he doesn't have a break to go home between boot camp and A-school.  You still need to question him about grad-n-go.  Where is his A-school?

Comment by kdhnc(Ship07Div48) on December 20, 2010 at 7:03pm

Just received a letter from my SR!  He stated that he does not have a break between boot camp and A school.  Does that mean he is grad n go?  He says he will be learning to fly "anti sub planes, cargo planes or helicopters.

Comment by Tamme on December 20, 2010 at 5:47pm

My daughter sent me this (who is married to a Coastie, now called Guardians).  I told her I wanted to share it with our wives/girlfriends/fiances. 

 

 

The Military Wife
a Poem

 

The military wife is a special individual. When she was a girl, her dreams were bold, as bold as her fine, free gaze; And every gift of grace and mind was hers in her younger days. When she was a girl, a golden girl, with a soul as fine as fire. She could outshine the brightest jewel that a rich man's love might buy her. Yes hers could have been the glittering path through a careless, carefree life. But she fell in love with an soldier, so she became a military wife.

 

Away from the home of her childhood she marched at her husband's side. For she chose a wide and winding road when she became a bride. And sometimes the road was a hard one, so different from what she had planned; And sometimes she wept for the home she had left as she lay in a foreign land; And sometimes her steps would grow weary as she followed the drum and the fife; But she set about making the world her home because she was a military wife.

She learned to build a hearth for them wherever her man was sent; And she knelt to plant a garden every time he pitched their tent. Yes, she always planted a garden though she never saw it grow, For she knew before the flowers came that she would have to go. But she left each garden gladly though it cut her like a knife, For she hoped it might bring some comfort to another military wife.

To the hardships in her married life she brought one simple truth, A promise that once was spoken in the ancient words of Ruth: "Wherever you go, I will go. Wherever you lodge, I will lodge; Thy people shall be my people and thy God shall be my God." She shared his joys and sorrows as they made their way through life, For she was proud to love a soldier and to be a military wife.

She bore the weight of worrying what fate might hold in store; And the wordless fear of waiting when her soldier went to war; And the nights that she spent fearing that her waiting was in vain; And the pain of wanting someone she might never hold again. But she bore his children gladly through uncertainty and strife, And they never heard her crying for she was a military wife.

She raised a military family with the faith her love had taught her;
And she gave the pride she had inside to her son and to her daughter; And she taught them to love freedom and to know what it was worth, As they helped her plant her gardens in the corners of the earth. And she never wished for better than the road they marched through life. Because she was as much a soldier as she was a military wife.

--Author Unknown

 

Comment by DramaboysMom on December 20, 2010 at 3:27pm

(Joyceann--- I have no brothers or sisters, and those sound like some of the things I did.  I raised mice, caught snakes, played with toads, frogs, lizards, went fishing.  I had to be Mama's girl and Daddy's boy!  And Did I have a blast~) 

Comment by Proud AO Mom on December 20, 2010 at 1:26pm

Lala that was awesome!  Thanks so much for sharing!

Comment by Alysia-Redsmom (VQ-4/ATO) on December 20, 2010 at 1:19pm

Lala that was fantastic. Thanks for sharing!

So happy for you all that are going to see your recruits on Christmas! Please give them BIG HUGS when returning them to base to pass on to ALL the others. THANKS :-)

I am saying prayers for DIV 040 and others; per my son's latest letter they will be doing the Gas Chamber this week.

This week is getting to be an emotional roller coaster ride with the reality of my son NOT being home but I know it is for a greater cause. I am SO PROUD OF HIM but do miss him so.....

I am trying to stay really busy wrapping gifts, baking and going to the gym ALOT! What a great stress reliever that can be :-)

Well this is a 3 day work week for me then some quality time with my daughters. Calls for some self pampering at the spa & nail shop ~ yippie!

No phone calls in DIV 040 that I know of praying for one this Saturday. Now that would be the greatest GIFT of them ALL....just saying!

Comment by AshJewell on December 20, 2010 at 12:08pm

For us going to GL for Christmas 5 days!!!!!! and PIR is only 24 days away! We've all come a long way from the beginning. I took a look back at the beginning of the comments on this page up until now, and all of our attitudes have changed (for the better) We've all become stronger, and we have ALL built lasting friendships. I know I have! Navyformoms has been a life saver for me. I wasn't prepared for the emotional rollercoaster military life was going to bring me (and it's only the beginning) but because I am a part of this website I was able to find support from women in my same postion, something my friends at home couldn't quite give. I know now that I have a great support system to get me through the next chapter in life, being a mom and a true sailors wife!! I want to thank ALL of you. The moms were able to give me the "motherly love and support I needed" while the wives and girlfriends were able to grieve and laugh with me through this time. I can't wait to meet those of you attending the Ramada Inn Meet and Greet (yes I should be able to be picked out of a crowd, thanks to my belly!) It will be great to put a voice and face to words of wisdom each of you gave.

HOOYAH ladies we can see the light at the end of the tunnel!

 

Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and New Years. Stay positive and strong for your recruit. DONT FORGET TO BURN YOUR BLUE CANDLE!! Jan.14th will be here before we know it!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on December 20, 2010 at 10:48am

Comment by Proud AO Mom on December 20, 2010 at 9:55am

Congratulations Ash and Blue!  I love the names Ash!  Blue what name have you picked?  That should be 2 people easy to pick out and the Meet and Great, LOL.

Comment by joyceann on December 20, 2010 at 9:16am

bluewarriorlady-  Congrats on having a boy!  I hope you have as much fun with fishing worms in your closet and 3 legged rabbits and snapping turtles and dead snakes-and live snakes as I did while raising my 2 sons.  Man the stuff those two could get into just because they were amazed at how it looked or acted!!!  Luckily I grew up on a farm, so I dealt really well, but may can they make you laugh and shock you at the same time!

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