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My 17 year old daughter is leaving 10/2/13. Im so nervous and also hoping I can find someone else with same ship date!

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Sitting in the hotel now, son is getting checked in, leaves tomorrow for GL...
(((( HUGS)))). to you barefoot3. On our way to hotell now.
O my gosh. Headed to the hotel was strong all day..... Now my stomach is in knots. Ughhh.
My son heads to the hotel tomorrow (we are in Chicago so no travel for us). He can sign out so we can take him to dinner tomorrow night. Hugs to all of you, it's here
Well I just said 'goodnight, I love you' to my son for the last time as a civilian. Rips my heart out. It truly is THE craziest most intense love - that of a mother and her child. SOOO proud. This experience defines 'selfless love'z

I just did the same.  That was tough.  I am just so proud of him, the man he is as well as the one he will become. 

My daughter left this morning from Portland, OR and is in Chicago awaiting to go to Great Lakes. She is super excited and going thru MEPS took forever since all she wanted to do is start her career. I am so proud of her!!!

I will see her sworn in tomorrow at meps. I have to hold it together for her. She is scared and alone tonight and it breaks my heart. That I can't fix it.
My son Alex will be at the hotel by O'Hare by 2 today. Who can I tell him to say hi to?

We had to drop our son off at the hotel in Albany, NY last night and he should be at GL sometime later today.  Will they bring Alex to GL later today or tomorrow?

 

He goes up to GL tomorrow

We meet him at MEPS at 8 am in the morning. We were planning to take him to dinner- he just texted and doesn't know if he wants to do that now. I think he is trying to stay focused and dinner might just be too much for him and his nerves.

Mine too...

Well, gone with his recruiter... Hotel tonight and potentially dinner with him (he has not decided if he wants that yet)... But we will see him at MEPS in the morning.  We will NOT go to the airport in order to give him space... and assume we will get the "I'm here and all is well" call tomorrow night.  Tearing up some as I stand in his room... Many adjustments from here.  So proud of him, though.  He's worked on this for a long time and is VERY excited and ready.  God Bless all our young men and women who leave their homes this week, AND their families.

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