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Son left for Bootcamp May 12th
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Permalink Reply by coachgirl32 on
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I know I'm writing my first one tomorrow. .it's been a week but there's so much emotions I had to reign myself in before I wrote..lol
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Permalink Reply by Tlwnavydolphin on
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LOL I understand!!! What ships and div is your son in?
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He's in div 230 ship 13
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Cool! Mine is Ship 12 Div 231
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I watched a graduation online today so I could see what it was like..I bawled my eyes out and it wasn't even my kid..lol I'm going to be a hot mess but the ceremony was really cool.
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I know!!!!! My husband and I watched it and we got choked up LOL. I know I'd be bawling at the graduation too! Lol
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OK I don't feel as crazy now that someone else watched it too..lol
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LOL we're not the only one!!!!
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Permalink Reply by nannette6209 on
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Plain letter, no stickers or drawings on the envelope. Nothing that will draw attention to him.
Any letter is better than no letter. They feel very homesick during this training. You can send notes to others in his group, maybe there are kids who get no letters. if he has three seconds to talk to you, ask him what he wants sent. Every command is different. my son only called 4 times the entire thing.
he'll be great! Graduation is a blessing!
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AWESOME. Now just waiting to hear from him!@! Impatiently LOL
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Permalink Reply by IslandGal on
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My son left May 19 but I didn't get the call because he called his girlfriend...and then she called me. That was super hard. He's 24 and been dating her for like 5 years, but boy was it hard. She will get the box, but I better get the letter that has all the letter/graduation info! haha!
So glad to have been turned on to this site. Thanks all.
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Permalink Reply by Luvnailzzz Ship11/Div235 on
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Yay!! I got my sons form letter today . So happy.. its been 13 days. Graduation is July 10
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