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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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This isn't unusual to hear in the first half of boot camp. They don't really begin to work as a unit and perk up until the forth or fifth week. Hang in there.
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Permalink Reply by Calebs Mom ship13 div033 on
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Thank you for your encouraging word's. I just really miss him. This is al l so very new to me.
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Thank you for your encouraging words . I just miss him so much it hurts.
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Thank you I sure will. Please pray for him to. I know it must be very hard on him. It is on me.
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Permalink Reply by BunkerQB on
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A treasured piece correspondence. One of those profound moments in a child's development. One of my college professor always thought people learn more from facing adversity than anything else in life. I can't say I always agree when you see the pain your child is in. We can just be there for them and keep telling them that it will and it can get better.
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Permalink Reply by Craig on
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This is outstanding!!!! I love it. It shows how we all change and adapt....
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Omg thank you sooo much. That is so encouraging. I needed to see that. I now see there is hope. You have no idea how much this has helped me. I'm going to write my son right now. And encourage him some more. Thanks guys you all are my new family.
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Thank you for your response. I love my son. And yes we should pray for them to make it thru . And I do that. I guess it just my son is not used to all the verbal / cursing used there. We brought him up in A Christian home . He is a respectful young man. He tells me that it is the closest to hell that he wants to go. That it is really bad. I can't be there with him. But God can and I pray his protection over him. I know the navy has a purpose for what they do. I just pray my son can endure it. So to me that letter was sad. It broke my heart.
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I got the same letter. He said he can pretty much take anything, but the "GD's and the Jesus Christs" are killing him. He too was and is in a Christian home and is finding all the the cussing etc. unbearable at times. I told him to just look at the person and just pray for him. God has a plan that is bigger than we understand. Hopefully our sons will get to see some change with God's help!
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Permalink Reply by Concernedad on
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You need to not look at it as a sad letter, but instead as seeing your son achieving something he thinks he's not capable of. If anything, view the letter as a confidence builder and making him stronger. Keep the letter and show it to him one day down the road.
I remember my son telling me, he'd wake up in his rack around week three and think it was all just a bad dream.
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We have all been there with our children. Mine was I'm coming home I don't care they aren't making me do all this I know how to make a bed fold my clothes and etc. 25+yrs later he is telling me the Navy was the best thing for him and has given him so much more than just a career. I am now looking forward to his retirement in 4 more years or so.
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