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June 17th is Departure date for my son!!!!!
I am having mix feelings about him leaving..... I am very excited and proud of the choice he made, but I feel like I am losing my best friend. I have been a single mom for the past 19 years, he has been there thru thick and thin, so a piece of me is going to be missing without him. We have a party schedule for him on the 15th to wish him well at boot camp and so let him know we all support him. I am trying to hold back any emotions, I want him to know I will be ok and I am ok and pround of him. So far I am ok, he hasnt seem me cry but I am afraid I am not going to be able to hold back much longer. Am I crazy to hold back my feelings? I dont want him to know and him to change his mind......
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Permalink Reply by navy06 (03 div 298) on
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As it gets closer to the 17th, I have found that I am not as sad, but more excited for my daughter. She is excited and totally ready to go, and that makes it easy for me. She is looking beyond boot camp, as am I, and I think that helps. She is ready to get boot camp over with and move ahead to the good stuff. I think that she has processed this for so long, she is ready to move on, and get boot camp behind her. I'm so proud of her. I cried a lot several months ago, but now, thank God, I seem to have peace about it. I hope all of you can find some peace soon. :) We will see if I am saying the same thing on Monday....
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Permalink Reply by Jeannie on
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let me know if you are still saying the same thing on Monday. I am excited and proud of my son as well. i just had our last dinner for a few months and dropped him off at the hotel and I cried all the way home which is 2 hours and I still have MEPS in the morning. I think and know this is the hardest thing I have ever done in my life!!!!!
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The Peace Is Gone... And So Is Part Of My Heart. I Hope This Gets Easier. I'm So Sad...
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I know, I went to MEPS, watched him swear in spend a few hours with him and watched him line up for the bus abd the hardest part was getting on the elevator and it closing and me just seeing him inline getting ready to leave. I am sad, I feel empty. He has called me twice from his cell phone, flight was delayed due to bad weather, and last time when he got to Chiacago. Now ust waiting for the scripted call that he made it.
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Just Got Her Last Call From Her Cell When She Arrived In Chicago...That Ripped My Heart Wide Open. Now I'm Waiting With You For The "Scripted Last Call". This Is Surreal.
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I got my call at 1:43a last night. Flights were delayed from Texas due to bad weather up north. So I got a few extra calls from him in between, I think he missed his mom alittle more than he lead on, made me feel alittle better.
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I have been putting up a good front until I left the hotel tonight. I cried for 2 hours straight all the way home. he wasnt with me he didnt see it, nor does he no it. Thats all that matters, he doesnt want to me to cry.
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I have not seen a lot. We just just him off at the hotel, we had our"last dinner" for awhile. I cried all the way home which was two hours. I had to go see my dad which is another rock beside my son I left at the hotel. i will be up at 3am to travel 211/2 hour to see him swear in at MEPS and say my final good byes. I never knew it was going to be this hard.
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Permalink Reply by Kelly W on
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In less than 12 hours, I will be dropping my son off at the recruiters. So far, no tears. Tomorrow we will see. By tomorrow evening he will be in Boise at MEPS. Tuesday off to BC. My son will celebrate his 22nd birthday in less than 2 weeks. His first birthday I will not get to talk to him. He lived out of state for two years, so I am use to him not being here physically. Not being able to call or text him is going to be so difficult. I can't believe the day has come to say "see you later" to my son. I refuse to say goodbye because I will see him in August! For now I am getting all the hugs I can!
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Kelly, I wish you luck. I went thru MEPS today, I did really good. I didn't cry like my son asked, until they lined up to get ready to load the bus, I got on the elavator as the doors were closing and I was losing sight of him,I did break down. I am home and he has called me twice from his cell phone flight was delayed due to bad weather. He also called me when he arrived in Chicago, they are waiting from bus to come pick them up and take them to the Great Lakes. So I think he is missing me as much as I am missing him already. So next call I believe will be the scripted call so everyone has imformed me.
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Jeannie: thank you! My son made it to Boise and will be flying out to GL tomorrow. We have spoken twice. I expect a text or two tomorrow morning and then the I'm here call. This should be an interesting journey for all of us! Good luck to you and your son as well!
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Hey girl! How are you holding up? I got my call last night at 1:43am. Interesting and hard journey for us all is more like it.
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