Does any other mother of a sailor ever wonder this? I wonder how did I ever get so lucky or blessed to have a daughter grow up to be a proud member of our US Navy. I wonder this everytime I talk to her. It is sometimes very hard to believe that this little girl, a person that I raised and tried to instill everything that I thought was right and respectful, grew up to be a US Navy Sailor. Someone to defend out country and not think twice about it. It absolutely amazes me to watch her grow the…

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One week until I get to go see my wonderful daughter!! My birthday present to myself!! Can not wait. She is still doing great at A-School, her grade point average is 95. She loves learning about all the heavy duty equipment and has made several friends. If she phases up to phase 3 she will get an overnight chit and be able to spend the night at the hotel with me and her dad. That would be awesome. I miss seeing her on a daily basis. I even told my husband that I even miss the mood swings she…

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I love getting random texts from Danielle. I also love getting the random calls too! She called a couple of times last night. One to see how my day went and to tell me she got a 100% on a test on loaders yesterday. She was all excited. The other call was to find out what movie her and her friend was watching because she could not remember the name. Of all movies it was Sixteen Candles! Too funny! I also love being able to talk to her on skype. I have gotten to meet a few of her friends while…

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My daughter just bought herself a new laptop. She is still capable of amazing me. I was going to send her laptop to her and our home computer went out last week. She called me and told me to keep her laptop that she was going to buy a new one that had the camera built into it for Skype and windows 7. She was so excited to go and make her first big purchase. She called last night and we got to see her. She looks wonderful. It was really nice to be able to see her. Internet is a wonderful…

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I am so happy that Danielle is adjusting well to A-school. She got her phone last week and I don't think she's ever been happier. She has been texting me alot. Man I missed that. She has also been able to call. It is so good to just get a random text or phone call or picture from her. She makes my day. She is adjusting well to A-school. She actually classed up last week and got to run a piece of equipment last Friday. She was so excited. She amazes me all the time. LOL Her being in A-school…

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I got to talk to my wonderful daughter today! She was at the airport waiting on her flight to leave for Missouri. She told me that they had to be up by 12:00 am today and they had been at the airport since around 3 am or so!! Wow. She is excited and a little nervous about her next step. I told her it was a piece of cake from what she has been through. She laughed and agreed. She said her life is going the way it is supposed to. She also thanked me for being so hard on her when she was younger.… Continue

Dropped Danielle back off at the base. It was very tear filled. It was hard leaving the base without her. I wanted to grab her and take her back home with me. I enjoyed every minute with my sailor. She is so grown up now it is unbelievable. I get to see her again in about 6 weeks. My birthday weekend. Can't wait for that already.

I cried yesterday too when I had to drop her back off at base. It really didn't help matters that the Toby Keith song American Soldier came on just…

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Danielle graduated from bootcamp this morning. I tried to keep my emotions in check as the ceremony time crept closer and closer. When they announced that the recruits were on their way to the ceremony hall I wanted to start tearing up then. I couldn't believe that my daughter was a sailor. When they arrived at the hall and the door opened and the divisions started coming in as the announcer announced what divisions they were it was an unbelievable feeling. Especially when they announced her… Continue

Got the call about 3pm she is an official US Navy Sailor (ship 12 Div 081). She said she was ready for a little bit of sleep! Battlestations wasn't as bad as she thought it would be. Can't wait for PIR.

Can't wait for PIR!! Yes, just a little excited!! I got to talk to her about 30 minutes ago. Her division won the Captain's cup and they were allowed phone time. She still sounds great! Can't wait to see her this coming Friday!!! Makes me want to cry big tears of joy that it's almost here!! 8 weeks without seeing one of your daughters and only being able to hear their sweet voice about 3 times during that time frame is a killer!! Made it through. I'm sure PIR will be a very emotional day for… Continue

5 days until I get to see my daughter Danielle at RIP!!! Man I cannot wait!!!!!! I want to give her a big hug!!

Last week got 4 letters from my daughter Danielle. She is really doing well being the RPOC and she is actually enjoying it! She said that they have alot of testing coming up with Battlestations and Firefighting. She is really excited about being able to see her family at graduation!! 1 week 3 days!!! We can't wait!!!

Got 3 letters from my daughter Danielle (ship 12, div 081) yesterday and she has been promoted to RPOC and loves it! She said she's been training for it most her life by being a big sister. LOL She misses sleeping in and seeing her family. I got to talk to her a little over a week ago and it was great just hearing her voice. She told me that when she really starts missing me and wants to talk to me she thinks about the song by Lonestar "I'm already there". What a great kid. Miss her alot. Can't… Continue