Hi everyone it's been so busy around my house. But I just wanted to tell all of you my son C.J. graduates A-school   June 24 I'm so happy for him : ) 

.It was only 2 weeks apart that my

son and his girlfriend went to bootcamp,Im very close to both of them. Is there anyone out there that has had more than 1 child family or friends that left that soon apart from each other?. The kids left March 29th and April12th this year,also is anyone out there that lives in Pueblo Colo? It  was very hard at first not being able to hear or text my son or his girlfriend,shes like a daughter to me I Love them and miss them Dearly just as I know you…

At this point I don't know if I'll be able to afford a trip out to Great Lakes for PIR.  It kills me inside but the money just isn't there.  I've prayed and asked God that if I'm supposed to be there to make a way.  I talked to my son about it before he left and he said he'd understand if I couldn't make the trip but I still feel like I'd be letting him down.  Right now reading all the comments and posts it seems like everyone is headed out to PIR to see their sailor.  I just feel awful…

Hello everyone....

Does anyone have the website or address for the military pay.  I checked my daughters checking account today and she only received 1/2 of her pay.  I had the website, log-in & password written down but for the life of me I can not find it anywhere.  Thanks for your help ladies...

And time won’t stop, he has grown up,

My little boy, a Sailor now,

Already moved to the next round,

Life just begun, there’s more to come.

I hold his hand and watch him fall,

I always knew he was strong,

And many times he got upset,

Not understanding his mama’s way.

 I only wish I could go back,

But life is short he’s now a man,

The many things I wish I’ve done,

I hold forever, he is my…

Every afternoon I hurry home from work so I can check the mail.  Nothing yet.  I'm kind of bummed.

I write Mal about every other day.  I bought a roll of stamps last week and I'm looking forward to using them all up.  I really just want a letter...a real one.

~ A post on my blog about letting go...…

My son announced to me in January of this year that he wanted to join the Navy.  WOW, what a shocker.  We started the process in late January and believing in full disclosure I stated all medical issues since the beginning of birth.  You would think that was a number of issues but in fact it was only two.  One issue being reactived airways.  Not asthma, but something that only occurs when he has a cold.  Well, more information from the Medical Review Board was requested.  Got that and…

I find the map and draw a straight line

Over rivers, farms, and state lines

The distance from here to where you'd be

It's only finger-lengths that I see

I touch the place where I'd find your face

My fingers in creases of distant dark places

I hang my coat up in the first bar

There is no peace that I've found so far

The laughter penetrates my silence

As drunken men find flaws in science

Their words mostly…