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December 4th is becoming reality........
December 4th is becoming a reality more and more each day. Last night was Mack last day at his job and today was his last DEP meeting. To add to the reality wound, he came home with a DEP completion certificate. I brought a tear to my eyes. I feel like I am just standing on the edge of a tall building and I could go off of it any moment. Please don't get me wrong, I am excited for my son, but boot camp it the unknown. Its the mystery. Why should it bother me so much? I am not going to boot camp. I trust the Navy and I know that they will take care of my son. Still the unknown, the silence, the distance, and the time has me at the roof top ledge. Can anyone tell me how to deal with all this emotion. I can't be a wreck for 9 weeks. I have a husband, a daughter and a job. He hasn't left yet and I can't make it a day without tearing up if anyone asks me about my son. What will I actually be like when he is in GL. ...I just really need to get myself in check. Do you Navy moms feel the same way? How have you dealt with all this emotion? It can't be healthy? Suggestions? Recommendations for good looney tune hospitals for Navy moms like me. LOL! Thanks for listening to me rant!!!! :-)
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Permalink Reply by Sukie on
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I felt exactly the same way with my first son (my colleagues called me "The Basket case" for much of the boot camp time frame.) The thing that actually helped me was to read as much as I could about what goes on in boot camp. It's scary, believe me, but it gave me a mental picture in which to place my son. Every day I told myself that 1. The Navy would take good care of him, and had a stake in seeing him succeed, and 2. if anything bad happened, I'd hear about it. Once you find out what it is, get into the Facebook group for your sailor's division. They are Moms of recruits who are standing next to your son, and there are contests among division Moms for which the prize is a picture of your sailor (at least there were 2 years ago). Letting go is really hard, but keep telling yourself that your son is an adult, has made this awesome decision and 6 weeks is a drop in the bucket compared to where he's been and where he's headed. Easy for me to say, I know...
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Permalink Reply by KarenW56 on
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Hi ! My son is leaving December 7th so I am right there with you ! I found an awesome group of Navy Moms on Facebook-it's a closed group-so you can vent and talk to other Mom's , get info ,ask questions and get lots of NMH ( Navy Mom Hugs )
It's :
Navy Mom PIR Friends
You have to ask to join !
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Permalink Reply by NavymomMary on
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Rant anytime you need to!
I hadn't cried until today and now I have cried three times. Time is getting short and we have run across a few final things already. This week my son finishes work and I think the reality is now setting in for me. I am really proud of him and excited for him but will really miss him.
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Permalink Reply by Vickie360 on
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It just hit me hard today - last week a month sounded far away but 3 weeks doesn't sound so good. I'm afraid I will cry my way through Thanksgiving since he will leave the Wednesday after Thanksgiving. I know we raise them to leave home but knowing that doesn't make it any easier.
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Hi, I feel some of the same. My son leaves the 4th as well. My biggest fear is that there are things I should have taught him, told him, advised him about life. Like I'm not ever going to get the time to say it all. I know he is a great person and will do well no matter where he ends up in the Navy and I also hope we did a good job parenting him the last 19 years. But I have more to give and the time for that is coming to an end too quickly. I and the rest of our family will miss him so much. I don't think for me the reality of that has really hit yet. My advise to you is to just keep talking about how you really feel to those who can listen and don't bottle it up. We had our moments in the sun at that young age and now it's our kids' turn to shine! Feel you feelings, but don't drag down his time in the sun. Take care!
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teaj - I totally agree! I was thinking the same thing the other day. "Have I taught him everything I wanted to?" Do I start giving advice on things I think I might have forgotten or do I just relax and realize that he is a great kid and will do fine?.. I chose the later since this probably isn't the time anyway.
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