My daughter left for RTC this past Wednesday (8/26/2015) and I never realized it was possible to miss someone so very much in my life. I feel like a piece of my heart is missing and when I got the "I'm Here" call and she was crying, my heart broke into a million pieces. I am sure she wasn't the only SR in tears by the time they got to make that short phone call and I know I am not the only mom feeling the way I am feeling right now. I am trying to stay upbeat and positive about this whole…

So much has happened over the last few months and it seems like the days are now flying until my daughter leaves for boot camp. 41 days until I take her to MEPS and then she leaves the next day for RTC. I am so very proud of her and I know she will do fine, but she is my first-born and I am not happy about her leaving home. She has graduated top of her high school class, top 30%, 209 of 709 and I couldn't be happier. She turned 18 a few weeks ago and I know she is going to become the most…

The past few months have flown by like crazy. We have went from over 8 months to boot camp when we first started to counting down at 110 days to BC. She has had senior prom, and is now heading towards her high school graduation with a 4.817 GPA and can you say proud mom because I am shouting it at the top of my lungs!! I am extremely emotional, especially when it comes to my kids, so my daughter says she is waiting on me to start crying and not be able to stop, graduation is May 28th and she…

So my daughter is now only allowed to be called "Future Sailor" by her recruiter as she is an official Depper. She gets to join our local YMCA so that she can do PT and she has to go to DEP meetings twice a month and contact her recruiter every Monday from now on. I think that this stuff will make her time go by faster. We found her a prom dress and the fact that i am working now will maybe not make getting the rest of her senior year stuff taken care of, but I will be able to do more for…

I didn't realize that my daughter deciding to join the military would mean I had so much to learn. I know my daughter doesn't go to RTC until the end of August, but I want to be completely prepared for what is going on from between now and then. 8 months is a long time to wait for my future sailor to leave but I don't want to be running around like a chicken with its head cut off. I want to be the best support system my daughter has, even if it means cracking down on her to be ready for the…

So my daughter made a 52 on the ASVAB and went through MEPS yesterday and the day before. I don't think I have ever felt this many emotions all at once, I am so very proud of her, but that is only the tip of the iceberg. I have no clue what to expect next. Delaney's recruiter is coming to the house on Friday to go over her contract, she goes to RTC on August 26, 2015. I know that seems like a long time, but there is so much going on between now and then. She has Senior prom, graduation, her…