On Friday nights my house has always been packed with laughter, jokes and fun times, the boys always had friends over, and I was expecting last night to be a real stinger. His friend Gavin must have been feeling the same and said Mom can I come hang out for a bit, it wasn't quite the same without him but great to have his friend there to ease some of the emotions. Kudo's to Matt for choosing great friends.

I am at work today, just got a call that the box has arrived. Silly ole me has huge tears in my eyes, I can't wait to get home, open it up and smell my son in the clothing that is folded up in that box.

This is something I read and I want to share with you;)

"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitud on life.

Attitud, to me, is more important than the past, than education, than money,

than circunstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think

or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill.

It will make or breack a company....church....a home.

The remarkable thing is we all have…

This picture brings tears to my eyes, it is of my oldest son Stephen- while he was serving in Iraq, over the wall of fallen soldiers there. There are so many that we can no longer express our appreciation to.

The Air Force Featured my son 2 years ago with an article and this picture.…

November 8, 2010, I was privileged to go on my third Honor Flight out of the Davenport, IA/Moline, IL area. The weekend before the Davenport Legion hosted a brunch for us "guardians" to meet our WWII veterans we'd be accompanying. I was assigned three veterans--delightful men who were excited to go (they're all excited!). I also was asked to be a bus captain--just a field trip with older kids!

On Sunday night, Hy-Vee grocery stores hosted a…

My son Nick was taken out of his basic training division 3 weeks in to it. It seems I made a horrible decision 3 or 4 years ago that could now cost him his dream of serving his country. Nick was diagnosed when he was 4 years old with ADHD and when he was 16 or 17 his doctor felt that he had "outgrown" the ADHD but still had some minor self control and social skills issues and told me the best thing to do would be to change is diagnosis from ADHD to Aspergers Autisim. He explained that this…

Made it, you will be getting a package in 3 weeks. It's going to be a long 3 weeks for mom!

My oldest son who is in the AirForce called to let me know, his brother is going to do great, and shared his bootcamp experiences with me!

I am proud of my boys!

Well he's off, and on the plane... What a tearful day for us all. Goodbye's are always so hard to say!

Its been an amazing few months since he joined, and today he will leave for boot camp, Last night at dinner with myself, my ex and our spouses he said he is most nervous about the plane ride to Chicago! I couldn't be more proud of him, yet I am feeling over whelmed with bitter sweetness.

Hey there,

I am new here to this site and was wondering if there are any moms on here that have someone in Ship03, DIv028 that might be able to answer a question for me. My daughter is in there and she will graduate on 12-22-10. I appreciate any help.

Thanks

I am wonder about those 'five' I would not care if my son is one of them:)(being honest I will feel a little bit dessapointed)But, I have been miss him so much;) and no matter what.. I think that whoever is in this situation (me,you) should support them and not make them feel BAD...After all, they did have expectation(????)..things are good in the idea but sometimes not in reality) THEY TRY AND THEY DESERVE SOME CREDIT!!!! THIS WAS A REALITY CHECK and they have all the right to change their…