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For family members of sailors who are on the USS GW on their way to be stationed in Japan
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Son on USS GW
Started by MzNetNet Ship 12 DIV 371. Last reply by BBS Aug 3, 2016. 41 Replies 3 Likes
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Comment by DC - G'mother of My Fav Sailor on December 24, 2010 at 4:33pm
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Great news, liljanet. I would think that your son at home for New Year's Eve would be a fantastic way to begin the new year.
Hugs, Jennifer. Remember the good times. Think of your son being down the street with friends and not halfway around the world. Maybe that would make it easier.
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Comment by jjjjanet on December 24, 2010 at 3:02pm
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My son is coming home New Year's Eve! The best Christmas present ever!
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Comment by jennils on December 24, 2010 at 2:29pm
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Merry Christmas and God's Blessings to you all! Got a Facebook message from my boy this morning, he is homesick and missing the family. I started crying and it's not getting any easier knowing he is half a world away for the first time. Hoping I can get it together and not break down all day tomorrow. On a lighter note I finally got a picture of me and my sailor for a profile picture, now I can show him off to all my new friends!
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SyracuseConnie, thank you so much for posting that beautiful poem, my sailor will be away for the first time this year for Christmas. Not sure I am prepared for this, it's so hard when you have had 18 years of them around the tree and then nothing...hoping God Blesses all of you wonderful ladies and your sailors during this Holiday Season! Love to you all!
~Jennifer~
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Constance,
May I post your poem on my Facebook page?
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Syracuse/Connie, you must have been posting that lovely poem while I was. It is beautiful and expresses our opinions very well.
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abc, my brother and family were stationed in Atsugi when his children were small. My SIL laughed about the fact that the children did all the translating. One of my nephews, only a young child ... K-2, fell in love with Japan and now is fluent in Japanese. I guess the fact that he has a Japanese wife helps a lot. :-) If you can find a Japanese wife who will talk to you only in Japanese for an hour or so, you will find that you pick it up rather quickly. Full emersion is great even though at first you do a lot of pointing and are corrected ... just like babies. You need to hear it, try and equally important be corrected.
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Comment by abc815 on December 22, 2010 at 9:38pm
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dc g'mother- that sounds like such a scary experience! i've only experienced one tiny earthquake before. being from chicago, it doesn't happen often, but i do remember there being one in '08 or so. i guess i'll be VERY used to them by the time i'm through w/ japan.
SueS- thank you for the "japanese lesson". :) i can use all the help i can get! i will make sure to write this down in my little notepad...although when i ask this and they answer, i will have no clue what they are saying! hehe. hopefully over time, learning some japanese will get easier because right now, it seems impossible. i've just learned to speak english words w/ an english accent. for example, the other day, i was trying to order a "milk tea", but she didn't understand me. so now i say "mil-ku tea"...and she gets it! :) oh, also, the 73 is lit up and there are SOME lights on the ship...there were cute candy cane lights up also, but since the 24-hr. tether, i haven't seen those on.
i have now been here for about 2 weeks and i still have a LONG way to go. :/ it seems that my sailor is either working or has duty everyday, so we haven't had a whole lot of time together. here's something cool. we have tickets to go see the imperial palace soon! i guess it's only open to the public twice a year...on new year's and the emperor's bday... am also planning on seeing tokyo soon, as i haven't done that yet!
i will do my best to check-in frequently with updates. :) until next time, everyone!
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abc, I would imagine an earthquake in Japan is kind of like one occurring in California. If it doesn't do major damage, no one notices. I am glad there were no damages or injuries.
When in 1989 there was an earthquake near San Francisco, we were five minutes from landing at SF. All of a sudden, the pilot came on and said, "folks, we have a problem, I have lost communication with the tower, so I'm flying out over the ocean to see what is going on." We looked out the plane window and we could see other planes doing the same thing. Then the pilot announced there had been an earthquake. Now my mom's side of the family is in the Bay area so I've been there many times. My reaction was no big deal, earthquakes occur out here all the time. But then when he said part of the Bay Bridge was down and we could see smoke coming up from SF, we realized it was a bit more than the typical earthquake.
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not to worry, ladies...i don't think the earthquake was anything major in this area. most people didn't even feel it. haha. i DO remember laying on my couch and thinking "is the couch shaking???" and then i found out later that there had been an earthquake. i haven't heard of any damages/injuries... it seems like it's always SOMETHING lately, huh? :)
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