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I got the call!
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Permalink Reply by Phoenixmom on
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Hi Angela I'm glad that you got the call. And way to go for you and kids .telling him you love him. Its ok to cry how are the rest taking it? If you need and want to talk I'm am here. But now the most important thing and may be the hardest is to stay busy. You and the rest can start writing letters, maybe the little ones can draw pictures. He will love that. These weeks are going to be just as hard for him. No contact is very depressing for them as well. So he will be missing you all just the same. But you have to be his strength, he Will need that. Get some rest Angella and we will talk again. Have a good rested evening.
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Permalink Reply by Angella on
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Thank you very much, I will pm you tomorrow if it's okay. Kids are taking mostly well. We are a very close family and it's difficult, but we are so proud of him and that helps take the sting out of him not being here. My youngest son, 7, my recruit is like his best friend, so it's hard for him. He just turned 7,so he's practically still 6 and doesn't quite understand. You have a great night and I will talk to you tomorrow.
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Permalink Reply by kai cat on
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Hello Angella! I am so happy you got the call! One of the best things I did was write to my son almost every day! I had his brother dad, grandma and aunts/uncles and cousins write also!
But the thing that actually got me through it was this website! When the group with your SR's PIR date opens up - stay glued to it! Vent it there and let us know when you need **BIG HUGS**
I'm so proud of your SR!
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Permalink Reply by pandalvr on
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We got the call @1 am, we might have had 15 sec. I cried too,u1 week later when i got his box of clothes and cried again. The next 3 weeks will be hard, until i recieved his call on a Saturday of end of 3 weeks what a relief, my heart stopped hurting.. Not completely until i see him at graduation
STAY STRONG we are there for you
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Thanks pandalvr! It really is comforting to be able to connect with people who really understand what I am going through. My friends and most of my family don't truly understand. Mostly people just tell me 'dont cry,' 'it's good for him', 'he will be okay', 'you just have to let him go'. Before he left yesterday morning, one unfortunate friend called me and asked ''so... are you sad?". Really? Honestly, I asked her what kind of stupid question was that. She laughed and said 'i meant, are you proud?' Really? I repeated my question. She thinks I cry because I don't want him to go. No one seems to understand that I am not worried he will get hurt, or that I think he is doing something bad, or that I don't want him to leave home, it's just because I am missing him and he is not only my first to leave home, but my first child and my first to join the military. Sometime people are hard to deal with. Lol.
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I have an only son, nobody as you said can imagine what we are going through. But as the weeks go by it get a slightly better. You get that 2nd call ,a little better. When that 1st letter better, today as per informed delivery today I am getting my second letter. We have mailed out 11 letters. Not sure if he has gotten any of ours
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I am so excited for you! I can't wait to get letters. I am starting to write him today, even though I will have to wait to send it. I know to keep them upbeat and keep the 'i miss you' to almost non-existing. Instead I am going to say I can't wait to hear from him, see him at PIR, talk to him. Lots of encouragement and just mundane things going on, and since I have a 7 and 8 yr old, there are always funny things to relay.
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I got my call at 1130 last night. Waiting for the letter so I can write him.
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Permalink Reply by bkm4 on
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When I got the call everyone else was sleeping. I had held it together dropping her off at her hotel the day before (it was her birthday after all). She is my 3rd child to leave home, the first to join the Navy (any military). When I got the call, after she hung up, I cried and cried. The next day, I am smiling and putting on the everything is ok face. My last one at home was very close to her. We are both keeping busy. Work has a way of helping with that. And writing letters waiting to be mailed.
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