Michigan Moms (and Family)

Merry Christmas to all! Happy Birthday Jesus!! Praying for all to have a wonderful and safe holiday with or without their Sailors/Marines/Airmen/Soldiers or whatever branch your special person is in.  My son is in Japan and won't be home until June, and definitely missing him a great deal.  Love to all!!!

Merry Christmas everyone!  Hug & kiss 'em if you have 'em!

CathieRenee - What wonderful news!  Congrats to your son.  Also to your daughter on her graduation.  So happy for all of you.

That's great news Cathie!  Hope he is in air soon.  Congrats on your daughter graduating.  What career field is she going into?

Lorraine, praying that the weather doesn't put a glitch in the wedding plans.  Have fun and show us pictures when you can.

Only 2 days, 1 1/2 hours till Rich is home.  I'm sooooo excited!

Happy New Years to all of you!  Be safe.

Sounds like everyone had a pretty good Christmas. My son will be leaving here tomorrow, this momma gonna miss him. I had a wonderful Christmas and enjoyed every moment that I got to spend with him. He had a good time visiting family and seeing his girl friend. He will be heading to CA and then to Japan. I am going to miss him. 

My husband and I will be planning a trip for 18 months from now to go to Japan to see him. 

My son in law got to come home for Christmas too. Yippee! so I had all my kids here for the holidays.

I hope you all have a GREAT NEW YEAR!!! God bless you all. 

hi everybody, my son graduated from bootcamp on 12-21, and is heading to Goose Creek,SC tomorrow. he is very excited to start .. me on the other hand not so much,lol. but it will be easier to contact him!! happy new year to everybody !!

Welcome pietschie!  Where in Michigan are you?  What is your Sailor going into?  We have a great bunch of Ladies here.

hi Colleen, i am in Saint Clair Shores, and my son is leaving tomorrow morning to go to SC, he is a nuke !  nice to be here, i am new with the military and it is nice to talk to some moms , who have been there or still are there! how about your son or daughter?

thanks Kathy B, good to be here!

pietschie, I am in Rockford, north of GR.  We have Moms all over MI.  We have get-togethers a couple times a year.  Some are social, some involve a packing of goodie boxes to the deployed.  We are all at different stages of the Navy life.  My son is an OS2(SW) (Operations Specialist Second Class Petty Officer).  He has been in since July '09.  He will soon be turning 22.  When he goes back to San Diego on Jan. 7, he will be getting ready to go on deployment on Jan. 14 to the Persian Gulf for about 9 months.  He loves being in the Navy.

Congratulations to you Chele and your new Sailor!

Congratulations chele!

Kathy B prayers are with you.

Hi seayasoon.  We get international prepaid calling cards from Walgreen's when they are sale.  Hope that helps.

Kathy B, i would love to meet some navy moms, since i am new at this , and my son is very young, i worry,he turned 18 in bootcamp, and he left for Goose Creek yesterday. i would also love to help with goodie boxes!! when in January would you meet ??

I have a question that spins off of pietschie question: 

Would the Michigan moms meet other places around the state, or just the east side?  I too would love to get more plugged in, but living in West Michigan, making a regular drive to the east side would be difficult.  Could someone give me some feedback as to how gettting together works?  thanks moms

hi, my3boys.. where in Michigan do you live?? i am in Saint Clair Shores, and i would be willing to drive , maybe an hour or so out of my way to make it easier for everybody to meet

Hello Ladies!  I see some new mommas, Welcome All!  Chele i have an Aircrewman too.  A school was a tough one but tell him to stick to it they are very helpful.  It was a long road for Dune but  he is working in the last part of his schooling before he deployes.  this all started the end of August of 10.  Patience it the what they and all of us have to live by....I bet Colleen has that box of tissues used up by now.   I so want to call her but i bet she won't let go of her Sailor to answer the phone;)-  well that's how i would be, lol...Wishing each and everyone of you a New Year of Happieness and the Safety to All of your Sailors and Loved ones

My boy is home!!!!!  Yep, tissues are gone!  I made beef stew and got it started this morning in the crock pot, so when he walked in he just said "ahhhhh beef stew".  Gotta go hug him again!

Colleen.. i am sooooo happy for you, and lol these boys just love their food !!

Colleen - so glad your son is home!

Thanks for the welcome ladies...Once I better understand how all of this works, I would love to have something over this way, but in the meantime is this where I would find out where the meet and greets are? We are in Muskegon .

We are going into week 4 of our son being gone to boot camp.  This last week was the hardest thus far...finally caught up with me :) 

Really hoping to find ways to stay connected myself and support our son within a community.  Would love to be a part of doing care packages or anything that we could get our other boys plugged into that give them that wonderful American Pride

My son came home at 2 today and we've had a great time together. The wedding is tomorrow night and everything is ready to go. This is such a special time for our family, gaining a daughter and grandson. I fixed him a huge steak and all the trimmings. You'd think it was the best steak he had ever eaten so that made me happy!

Seayasoon, my son was able to use his iPod touch to communicate from overseas. He may have been using Skype or Facetime so it didn't cost him anything when he was in a wi-fi hotspot.

Pietschie, I live in the middle, south of Marshall. I've been to meet and greets in the east, the west and in the middle :-) We can have them wherever the mood strikes us. Just keep following this group to find out who's planning what. The east siders have started something pretty regular which the rest of us haven't yet - but we could!

Welcome my3boys.

Shannon, good luck with your own schooling. I went back to college at age 50 and finished my bachelor's degree. Good luck to the sailors in your family. My son is a nuke submarine sailor, currently in dry dock for repairs. We were talking today about his opportunities and we are both so glad he chose the Navy.

Colleen, forgot to mention how happy I was to see your post of your son's visit. Have fun!

Lorraine, so happy that your son made it home.  It is funny how whatever we cook is the best food they ever tasted!  It does make our Momma hearts happy.  Have fun at the wedding and post pics when you can.

With the advent of this new year, reflecting over the events recently past;  thoughts are turning to you, the mothers of daughters who have chosen to serve this country in significant effort and diligence.  My heart holds you close, and although I do not post often, you are in my thoughts and prayers today. 

It was just a small, intimate wedding with immediate family but we now have a new daughter-in-love, new grandson, and lots of memories. The wedding was at our daughter's place and with her hubby's help, they created a beautiful backdrop for the vows on their deck.

Wonderful pics! Congratulations to the cople.  Thanks for sharing....

How wonderful Lorraine!  Thanks for sharing your/their day with us.  Congratulations to them.

Welcome Mary.  Your're not too far away from me hear in Ypsi. My daughter was in Japan for 3 yrs.  We have others with sailors in Bahrain.

Hi, Yvette, yes he is a sweet little boy who gives great hugs. I love him (all of them) bunches!

Sharon, what a neat evening. I'd like to try that sometime. The newlyweds are enjoying the Castle for a couple nights. Can't wait to hear what they think of it.

Kathy B- my heart and prayers are with you. My mom was in hospice....and I discovered that regardless of what people thought, I was NOT ready to say goodbye. Which probably sounds ridiculous, but it's true. God bless.....