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Day 3 waaay worse than day 1!!!
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Permalink Reply by salpetty on
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Oh...hang in there :) It does get better. That is a fact! Just try to spend you time being busy. I find that it helps me to think about what I'm gonna do the next time my daughter comes home on leave. Planning keeps me occupied. Plan what you'll send in the first care package you ever send him. As for bootcamp. Write letters every day. Include the little things too. Just talk about your day, the pets, the weather, the local news anything. This keeps you busy as well. Remember, each day is a day closer to you seeing your son!
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Permalink Reply by Navymassmomship13div313 on
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I am in the same place you are. My son landed in GL on August 2nd as well. My family here are all on pins and needles. My recruit has two older sisters and one older brother (ex marine). And everyone is giving each other tude. If my husband. Is crying i start crying. If i am crying then he starts crying what great team we are. My husband cones home first during work days so he will be the first to get the box. I really am not ready for this at all. I just want that first letter so very bad :(
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Permalink Reply by suebal MM3 USS California SSN781 on
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The ladies here are da bomb!!! My son has been in almost a year and I still go through bouts where just hearing a certain song turns me into a human sprinkler system (or, as I like to put it, my eyes throw up). As has already been stated, write, write every day, write a couple of times a day. Until I got the form letter with my son's ship, etc., I kept something like a journal. And then when I got the address I mailed that puppy right out. WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! Believe me he really will appreciate knowing even the littlest thing that's going on at home… It will give him some sense of normalcy in a situation that is really not terribly normal. And when PIR comes, you will be amazed and so unbelievably proud at the man he has become. Hang in there! Lean on these ladies! You will get through it! NMH (Navy Mom Hugs)
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Permalink Reply by Tina (4/9/12) on
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Hey Stephanie, sorry you are having a bad day unfortunately it happens to all of us. My son signed up in January and left in April and I cried the whole time. It was to the point that he was avoiding me and I can see why. But it is so normal, you and he will have good days and bad. I say the same thing to everyone I see on here that is having a hard time. Take one day at a time (my son signed for five years) don't look at the big picture. Keep busy busy busy. It won't make it go away but it will help. My son is in CT now and he went to visit my brother and his family. This past Friday was the first time since he left that he had something positive to say. Now that was even harder to hear his voice crack and see tears (skype) in his eyes. Stay connected with this site and you will find it so very helpful. Good luck to you and your SR.
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Permalink Reply by Stephanie (S-PACT/Yokosuka,JP) on
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Thanks everyone. I think the reality of it all just hit me full force today. It really caught me off guard. My husband (my SR's stepdad) isn't the most compassionate person so it really feels like I'm going through this all alone. He doesn't understand why I'm so obsessed with all this and now doesn't understand what I'm so upset over. My SR has an older sister and two younger sisters, so im not an empty nester, but he is the only boy. So many emotions today. Worried he won't make it through for one reason or another, and all at the same time worried that when he does graduate I'll never see him again! We weren't a military family prior to this and I worry about him navigating and managing the logistics of military life. I just can't imagine him managing moves, finding a place to live, etc. Good greif, he had a hard time just opening his Navy Federal account! LOL!!
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Hey steph, my husband and dad were both in the navy and they weren't much help either. I guess it is a guy thing. Well sort of, my daughter is in the Army and she says get over it mom. My sailor is the youngest and the empty nest thing is a whole thing in and of itself to deal with. Keep busy and the time will pass sooner then you think. You have PIR to look forward to. All the other emotions are normal, him leaving, how will he get along without you etc. It is amazing they really can survive without us when they have to. They won't have anyone to tuck them in but then I guess that is part of growing up too. Good luck
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