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Feeling a lil' sad..
I got a letter from my SR and he's doing great..but at the end of the letter he said it sucks not getting mail. I guess I better write everyday, I just didnt want to overwhelm him & 3 letters a week isn't cuttn' it.
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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Yes, write often and encourage others to write as well. Having something at Mail Call keeps them going.
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Permalink Reply by JohnsMom SHIP-09 DIV-003 on
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yes ill be ending my night with a letter.. Thank you!
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My now Sailor told me before leaving for BC to only write once a week when I told him I'd write every day. I believed him, but I did have others write and I kept cards with me that were addressed and stamped so that if I met friends of his, then they could write a quick note and drop it in the mail. He later told me he wished he'd never told me that because letters meant so much to him.
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Thats a great idea, I think ill do that with his family too..lol! Ya I was feeling really bad.Still am a little bit. I just wrote him so ill send it off in the morning.
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Permalink Reply by spookmom (ship 14 div 367) on
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Yeah, I feel kinda bad too because I was sending my son about 3 letters a week at first. I didn't want him to get made fun of, but I soon found out how much he wanted more. He said they all read their letters over and over, so since then, I've been trying to send something every day. I have trouble coming up with things to say, so sometimes I just print out some jokes or something funny and send it to cheer him up.
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Some of us moms found out that a few guys in the division weren't getting any mail from home, so we sent them something too. I think one of them had a class at school write letters.
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Yes thats what im having my SR's brother do at school, although i've been dropping one in the mail everyday, sometimes its hard,you do run out of things to day, so sometimes I just tell him about my busy day.
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Also, how are you having them addressed , if we dont know whos not getting mail.
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Letters to Recruits at the RTC must be addressed to a particular recruit. You can put additional letters in the envelope for your recruit to give out or have your recruit send you the names of recruits who are not getting mail and then you can write directly to those recruits so they get something during Mail Call.
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