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PIR 3/18/11

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For everyone with a Recruit that has a PIR 3/18/2011 date! Divisions 103-108 and 918

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Latest Activity: Jan 24, 2013

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Comment by diannep on January 21, 2011 at 4:15pm: Sounds like a great plan, Angie! Positive thinking! Good Girl!

Comment by Angie (Dan's Mom) on January 21, 2011 at 4:13pm: Im going to look at that box and be strong Im going to think about it as just another step closer to seeing him again Wish me luck!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on January 21, 2011 at 4:06pm: Okay, if you want something a little different and kind of interesting to write about here is something I found very cool. This year we have the dates 1-1-11, 1-11-11, 11-1-11. and 11-11-11. Now with all those 1's in your mind take the year you were born let say '63 and add that to the age you will be this year 48 and you get 111. It works for everyone, try it. :)

Comment by diannep on January 21, 2011 at 3:57pm: Yep, SeabeeWifeDawn: My son said they shoveled some when he was there. Good experience for him...quite different than shoveling the sand in S. Florida!

ANGIE: Yes, the box illicits different responses from different ladies. I was a "get er done" mom and as soon as it came, I washed all and put it away. Just felt I needed to do it. Others keep the box around for a long time, smelling the scent of their recruit in the belongings sent (well, sweaty socks may have been washed right away!). Many keep the actual box...I think I'm a bit OCD with too much stuff in my house. and my sailor son is a "throw away"kind of guy...so it wasn't too difficult for me to dispose of the box and wash the clothes. But I did shed a tear as I opened the box, saw the clothes I last saw him in and the small Navy backpack/his contract that he took with him...all minus him...it was a very bizarre moment. So just be ready...and handle it any way you would like to and what brings peace to you!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on January 21, 2011 at 3:53pm: In some ways the "kid in the box" (and I really don't like that term, too morbid) is very hard. I cried and cried. In order to get through that day I had to think of other ways that it was a good thing. It meant, my daughter was well on her way to becoming a sailor. It meant she was in a safe place, with plenty of food, people to look after her, a warm place to sleep, growing up, and nice new cloths and shoes. It meant she wasn't out at midnight hanging with friends, on the way back from a movie, or on the road late at night. To think of this way gave me a sense of knowing she was safe. And through the tears I couldn't help but laugh when I saw that one pants leg rolled up and turned on her phone to see that I was the last call she made. It was the beginning of a new adventure and a new life. Plus she can travel the world, meet new people, get an education, have fun and get a steady pay check to do it. :)

Comment by diannep on January 21, 2011 at 3:52pm: Fun, Lala! Watch for hurricanes that time of year! :-)

Comment by Angie (Dan's Mom) on January 21, 2011 at 3:39pm: so ladies..tell me why I should be excited to get "the kid in the box" I think it might be worse than going into his room

Comment by Leah(Ship07Div105) on January 21, 2011 at 2:40pm: Good Afternoon Moms it is a balmy 28 here in New Jersey today. It has been a pretty hard day today, did some laundry and had to go into my sons room for the first time since he left, of course I broke down. I have started writing letters and have them set aside to mail when I get an address. Just trying to keep myself busy !! How is everyone else feeling? What are you doing to try and keep your mind occupied?

Comment by SeabeeWifeDawn(ship 02 DIV 918) on January 21, 2011 at 2:32pm: diannep: it's good to hear they do have to shovel! I kept teasing my hubby that the only reason he enlisted was to get out of shoveling snow for the rest of the winter! I am not a fan of winter or snow so I'm not looking forward to taking this over... lol

It's good to hear that the boxes are coming, I work to far from home to run home at lunch so now I have something to look forward to when I get home!