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Kid in the Box
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Comment by StarChild (Ship9 Div007) on October 7, 2010 at 4:25pm
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Go ahead Proud Mom open the BOX. I was excited to receive any thing from him. I did not cry but I can tell you that I picked those clothes up and smelled them like I was in a Gain commercial. It was a little strange seeing the clothes that I last saw my son wearing. I am ready to mail his letters now.
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Comment by NM Loreta-Ship11,Div002 PIR11/19 on October 7, 2010 at 6:47pm
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Open it and scared is normal. I STILL sleep with my son's clothes next to my bed. I smelled them like the Gains commercial too. I STILL can't go in or near his bedwoom. He has been gone two weeks as of this past Tuesday and I still miss him BUT..it has gotten alot easier! Open the box..and pray for a little note?!?
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Comment by TexasMomof2 on October 7, 2010 at 11:16pm
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Denise, of course it's a box of dirty clothes but that's not the point.......the point is what the box of dirty clothes represent to some Moms. Not all Moms, but some.
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Comment by BunkerQB on October 8, 2010 at 12:44pm
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We didn't get a box. Navy 4 Moms didn't exist when our son went to OCS. My husband shook his hand (like they always do). I gave him a hug. None of us cried. He was off to his next adventure. We had heard that OCS was physically challenging but we thought our son would be find because he had done athletics his entire life. I was still perplexed that he wanted to join the Navy after graduating from college with a degree in electrical engineering. We weren't concerned when we didn't hear from him.
Of course, later on when we went to his OCS graduation and found out all the things that he had to go through, we went into shock. In retrospect, I am glad that I didn't know; otherwise, I would have been a mess. No doubt about it.
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Comment by Shelly Matt's Mom Ship2 Div 903 on October 8, 2010 at 3:40pm
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At first I didn't want to open it and then I had to. This was the best thing I did it was nice to see his things and the smell was my son even though he is not here with me I have his things to hold on to and it is very comforting. It is also nice to have it so your not waiting for the box:) I'm taking the advice I got from another mom now you can start looking forward to graduation. My son has just been there a week but this is helping me cope. Good luck and you will be in my prayers.
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Denise you have made my day. LMAO--it's a box of dirty clothes. Strange how it has so much significance in our lives and like BR549 I thought "Here are my clothes mom. I don't need them now".
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LOL, everyone is different. My son wanted those clothes, washed of course, returned to him. Has he learned discipline, stamina, commitment, honor, courage and all those awesome characteristics that define a Sailor, he absolutely learned them and holds his head high as a US Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Aircrew Rescue Swimmer.......but he's the same underneath. But, as I said, everyone is different........I'm glad he didn't change too much.
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I can't wait to see how my son has changed. I hope he is the same: silly, loving, caring and responsible. He would be cooking (because he said that I needed something to eat after work) or watching tv and he would start doing a crazy dance. He looked like the scarecrow on Wizard of Oz. Or he would start galloping around the house because he was BORED. He had won the hula hoop contest when he was in elementary school so sometimes he would grab my hoop and challenge me to a "duel". Weapon of choice: the hula hoop. Wow saying that has made me feel so much better. Thanks N4M. I don't know what I would do without you.
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Comment by pgrlisa on October 11, 2010 at 7:03pm
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My daughter was a bit older when she went to OCS. She'd been gone from my house for about 4 years already. She went to college an hour away from home, but I only saw her a few times a year. Then she married her Navy husband and moved from Colorado to Maine. That was a bit harder than college, but still not terribly traumatic. OCS was only bad in the aspect that I couldn't pick up the phone and call her whenever I wanted to. And once she graduated, she reported directly to her ship and sailed off into the Atlantic. I get emails from her, but I know she'll be back in the States very soon and I'll be able to call her again.
Your kids are growing up. If you've done your job, they will be able to become productive members of society. In our cases, our kids have decided to join the greatest Navy in the World. They will become fine, upstanding young men and women who will make us proud. Do not dwell on their childhoods, which are gone now. You really didn't want them to live at home forever, did you?
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