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No darling, the tears dont ever stop. They just come for different reasons...
Dear N4M,
On March 15th, my fiance (then boyfriend) left for Great Lakes. Of course I cried, I missed him. I felt helpless, lost and betrayed. I cried off and on for those 2 months.
On May 7th, he PIR'ed and I cried tears of happiness. I was in his arms again and couldn't be more happy.
On May 9th, he proposed. Again, the tears of happiness. Bliss.
On May 9th, we dropped him back off at RTC and I cried tears of hurt, longing, frustration.
The same tears on May 10th, when I flew back home to California.
Since Jake has been in A-School there are many tears, and there is laughter, frustration and a little arguing. Yet as we get through each day, each 3am phone call and the 5 second ones inbetween mustering, duty section, and PT...there is something that keeps me going. And until now, when reading some blogs about people who have loved ones at RTC I didnt realize what that thing was. I knew it was partly love, but something else, has kept me going through all of this. For a long time, when I would look at pictures of sailors with their families, or think about PIR and the joy I felt during that time, or when I here about other people who have loved ones in the Navy, or any branch for that matter, I cried. I still get choked up thinking of these things. I get choked up reading blogs titled "He left for boot camp today...cant stop crying" or "one more week till PIR" the best ones "I got my FIRST letter" Tears come to my eyes, I get a lump in my throat...And until now, I never knew why.
Commonness
We all have something in common.
We all have that heavy heart, that feeling of helplessness, the joy, the confusion, the happiness..the longing.
For all you who are long past the stage of A-School, I look forward to the new adventures you are going through.
For all of you who are a few steps behind me. Remember this. We are all in this together. We all cried, we all still do cry, we hardly ever know what is going on, so don't feel like you are out of the loop...we all are. We all wonder what is next, we all sleep with one eye open waiting for the phone to ring and the most important...We are all proud of our sailors, and that, is the number one thing we have in common. Stay proud and strong.
Honor, Courage, Commitment.
That is what it takes to be a sailor.
And to love one.
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Comment by Vickie ship 7 div 279 PIR8/13 on July 4, 2010 at 8:21am
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Beautiful!!! Thank you for such a heart-warming message!!! It is soooo true!! Have a wonderful 4th of July!
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Comment by Jrb426 (Ship 3/Div 152) on March 8, 2011 at 3:13am
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Love this! thanks for all of your great advice!
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Comment by Katiee on November 1, 2011 at 1:10pm
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that was really amazing advice. Thank you!
It's girls like you that i know will get me through this.
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