On this site to much?

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Permalink Reply by Michaels mom Karen on September 1, 2009 at 5:44pm

Theres another group thats for Navyformoms addicts. You might want to join that one too. Im got two pages of groups I belong to. How many do you belong to? I miss my son too. Sometimes the guys dont get it.

Permalink Reply by Kathleen~Jonis' Ma*** on September 1, 2009 at 8:38pm

I've been a Single Mother.... One of the mistakes I made was not having a life/idenity of my own when my sons were home... It took me a yr to figure out who I was since I was "a no longer needed mama".... By that I mean day to day.... I figured out some things I use to like to do before the boys grew up & went out on thier own... I use to like to bowl (not that I was any good at it), dance, sing.... Pls don't let it take you that long... Sit down & write out a list, maybe take a class that you've always wanted to take, maybe become a Big Sister w/the Boys Club/Girls Club program, volunteer at a nursing home: reading to or painting the nails of the old ladies (I know first hand how much they really love & appreciate that).... Those are just a few suggestions.... Oh Yeah.... BTW: Jonis has been in Japan for the lasat 2 yrs & he stilll calls home to MAMA.... Those calls are wonderful; even if they do come at 2,3,4:00 in the morning my time....

Permalink Reply by Connie on November 6, 2009 at 7:22am

I know exactly how you feel. Steven has bee in the navy since May 2008. He is our last of five and miss him so much. My husband also tells me I am on this site too much. He just doesn't get it. When Steven was in boot camp, I was on this site 24/7. I did ease up a little after graduation. We live in South Carolina and after Steven finished at GL in October, he was assigned to the Riverines based in Little Creek, VA. That's only a five hour drive from our house. We got to see him very much and it was great. Unfortunately, that spoiled me. Steven is now doing work-ups for deployment in early 2010 and I cannot see him as much anymore and all the sadness and blues have returned. I have joined a "Blue Star Mothers" group which keeps me very busy volunteering. My husband feels that I am getting too involved with other military moms and that it will make me sadder. He just doesn't get that the fact that it helps me since they are the only people that know what I am going through.

Permalink Reply by Janeen Timsmom PIR OCT 16th on November 6, 2009 at 12:29pm

That is 100% true. I believe the same way. I think our husbands are jeleous because we spend so much time trying to see what our sons are up too. I feel some day we won't get the information that we crave so badly from our boy's. So we have to get it off this site. I can't say this contact with you all depresses me. I love knowing what your kids are up too, and I love sharing about mine too. I try to be careful on face book not to always talk about Tim on my wall though. I do have two older grown children to consider too. I just seem to be a little over the top with my baby boy. He won't turn 19 until June, so he is just a youngster.