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Comment by Lvemyabej on October 2, 2011 at 8:11pm

My husband is a ABE also we just moved to bremerton and the navy is deploying him to the stennis so yes there are disappointments like i have to go buy things for this empty house alone and I dont have anybody heere but I am going to try to make the best out of it because that is what he would want. He leaves tomorrow . I am here if you need to talk MissMyHero and you can send me messages if you have personal things to talk about.

Comment by MissMyHero on September 28, 2011 at 8:47am

Yeah...the busy part is what I'm worried about most. He's an ABE so he'll be working 20 hour days I'm told. I've already experienced enough disappointments to know not to expect anything anymore. It sucks that it has to be that way. As of right now, he can't come home for his 21st birthday, so the next time I'll see him is new years. That's almost 8 months between seeing each other. He came home for a few days for my prom in May. I miss him so much.

Comment by LLovesmysailor on September 27, 2011 at 11:12pm

My husband was stationed aboard the Nimitz many years ago. In fact, my son was born in VA Beach while my husband was on Nimitz. Life on a carrier is very different from others ships. They get regular mail delivery, they have computer access and they get packages. The hardest thing for girlfriends and wives to remember is that they are very very busy all the time. If you don't hear from him it isn't because the doesn't care. One thing I use to do before they deployed was to hint that he could bring me home something from ports of call. He brought me wonderful small tokens of the places they stopped. Then we would talk about those ports when he got home. They do have phone service on the carriers, but he is more likely to call when they get to port.

Just don't expect to hear from him while they are at sea after they get out of dry dock. If it can go wrong, it will go wrong and need to be fixed before deployment. 

One last thing. When the carrier leaves for deployment, get a large piece of paper and write on it... No News is Good News! and hang it on the wall. Because that is how the Navy works. 

Comment by MissMyHero on September 27, 2011 at 10:47pm

Haha of course...big brother is always watching us, huh? When he was at boot camp, I sent him letters everyday. It just became part of my routine. He's on the nimitz...currently dry docked. Early next year will be his first time out to sea.

Comment by LLovesmysailor on September 27, 2011 at 10:34pm

Sailors that are new to their ship never have much time. They are busy getting qualified to stand watches, etc. But things do settle down and they do find time to e-mail at least. Even when they can't e-mail you, they Need you to e-mail them regularly. Remember that you are their only connection to the home they left behind. They love news from home. News from friends and family. One very important thing to remember is that they are not the only ones to read the e-mails you send. Think of it as a facebook page that all their friends are reading.

If they are on a surface ship, they do get snail mail and packages. So, small, and I do stress small, packages are always welcome. Just don't send food. Food never arrive in any shape to be eaten. Hope this helps. What ship is your boyfriend on?

Comment by MissMyHero on September 27, 2011 at 8:38pm

Hey girls/guys. My boyfriend and I are preparing for a couple of underways next year and a deployment later on. I'm worried because he's an ABE so I heard he won't have much time to eat/sleep let alone e-mail or call anyone. Please give me advice :-/ I don't want us to grow apart during it. (I think he's going to propose once he gets back!) Thank you for your support :]

Comment by Lepus120724 on July 12, 2011 at 1:33am

Thank you Sunrise and LLoves :) 

 

Comment by sunriseglow on June 25, 2011 at 2:01am

Lepus- Loved your poem! Shared it with my Daughter who is deployed & my Son who works far away. Thanks so much for putting into words what so many of us are feeling!!!! Hope is well with all. Have a Great Weekend!!!!

Comment by LLovesmysailor on June 16, 2011 at 12:19am

Lepus, I know how you feel. I spent more than a  few anniversaries alone. I can tell you what we use to do. A group of us would get together and on each of our anniversaries we would go out to dinner. Get all dressed up and toast our husbands over dessert. One thing we never did was spend the day alone. Its always good to share the day with other women who understand.

Comment by Lepus120724 on June 13, 2011 at 9:53pm

I am a creative visual artist and writer - I thought I would share this one with you:

 

Breathing searching finding:

 

Just breathing sounds like a sigh if I let it

But I look for you and realize

You are here

Many miles away

You are there

Beside me

I look for you and realize

I don’t need eyes to see

~jaci d hunt

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