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Comment by Cyndi S. shp02/div925 on March 16, 2011 at 12:14pm

HI Robin I too have been writing my Son everyday.  I LOVE the idea of the Joke a day I think I will do that too!   Thanks for the idea.  Hang in there.  My son left the same day as yours different ship and Div but going through the same stuff.  I have moments I am great then all of a sudden a wave hits me and I have tears in my eyes.  But I just keep focusing on Graduation Day and the next time I can see him.  I miss him so much! 

Comment by Robin, a Nuke's mom (MM) on March 16, 2011 at 12:07pm

BTW... thank's for letting us know there's no such thing as too much mail. I have written everyday (my husband thinks I'm nuts!). I even went to a joke of the day website to find jokes to tell him, hopefully they make him smile. Then I saw here that this was suggested by someone else, too. That's encouraging.

Comment by Robin, a Nuke's mom (MM) on March 16, 2011 at 11:56am

I am so glad to have found this group! My son told me about the N4M website before he left, but I was in denial, and wouldn't look at it until yesterday. I didn't know I could cry so much, until he left, but each day is getting better :), and I feel better already having joined this group. I read all the posts here from the beginning to make sense of everything... so here's my story in a nutshell. My son left Mon 3/7,and I didn't get the call (very brief, and obviously scripted, but he did say "I love you" before we hung up) until 2:30am Wed 3/9. I felt horrible for him because he had been taken to the airport gate at noon on Tues 3/8, but there were delays- he must have been exhausted. I haven't received the letter, but did get the box last week... pants rolled up ( :-) ), glad to know why because I thought it was strange. As you can see from my username, he'll be going thru the nuke program. I have watched some of the videos from the links, and glad I did, they are reassuring- bc is for building sailors with integrity and determination.  I am so proud of him and all the SR's. I will keep them all in my prayers they go through bc.

 

Debbie aunt- unless I hear differently, he is also ship 12 div 158 like your nephew.

Comment by nicksmum on March 16, 2011 at 11:52am

jbird, thanks i have asked my husband to stop by the recruiters after he drops our other kids off at school this morning. He is a little nervous about going by there as he was crying quite hard when he dropped our son off there last week. But i really want that address so off he went.

Comment by Cyndi S. shp02/div925 on March 16, 2011 at 10:22am

lalaribbon queen,your scrap box is AWESOME!  I love it!

cyndi s

Comment by Mom2aSailor on March 16, 2011 at 9:53am

Jbird,

I am in NY also.. upstate.. about an hour NW of Albany.. whereabouts are you?

Comment by aveoamare(Ship02div925) on March 16, 2011 at 8:21am

I know right?  I told my husband he is probably going to make some life long friends during this experience.

Comment by jbird on March 16, 2011 at 6:57am

Hi Shelly,

to think they probably know each other pretty well by now!! where are you from?

we're from New York State

Comment by velvetlace on March 15, 2011 at 11:07pm

I got the box today.  It was great seeing his things, and washing his clothes again.  Seemed like old times.  Anyway, I mailled a letter to my son, Tom, today.  His father will send him a letter tomorrow.   We will try to mail one letter a day to him while he is in boot camp.  I hope he does not get sick of us!    Our Tom is on Ship 12, Division 157.   I bet he is not telling them he plays the viola well.

Mary from McKinleyville

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on March 15, 2011 at 10:18pm

Shelly, each division fills up one at a time in the order the recruits arrive at boot camp. Except for the 800's division (Special Ops) and the 900's divisions, which are the performing divisions and the recruits are screened to fill that division. For instance if they have choir, band, drill team, marching experience, or even high ASVAB scores they can be chosen for the 900 division and then they can try out for the choir, band, drill team, or flag corp etc.

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