Corey's Perfect Fan's Page

The Perfect Fan

It takes a lot to know what is love
It's not the big things but the little things
That can mean enough
A lot of prayers to get me through
And there is never a day that passes by
I don't think of you
You were always there for me
Pushing me and guiding me
Always to succeed


You showed me
When I was young just how to grow
You showed me everything that I should know
You showed me just how to walk without your hands
'Cause, mom, you always were the perfect fan


God has been so good… Continue

Well ya'll, seems like my old Corey is somewhere in the body of this new person, but I am really having a tough time finding him. He is back in Reno with some of his "good" friends for the weekend, and I am sad to say I'm glad. I needed the break from the 1,000 mile stares, the bubbles, and the surliness. It wasn't like they had him all that long, but they sure did enough damage in that amount of time to make me want to scream. There are moments though when I see the light in my son's eye and th… Continue

Oh Lordie Lord, the state of NV will not be the same. The Navy may be without one recruit, but this family is back the way it belongs with all it's members tucked firmly in the fold.

Our Corey made it home at 11:35 last night. We had such an exhausting day and two of us were hurt (Curt & Breanne both have knee issues), one of us had been going since 4AM Central time, and one of us is just plain old *waves Hands* that would be me!!!!!!!!! One moment my eyes were closed in the lovely rocking… Continue

I just got off the phone with Corey and he is shipping out on Friday!!!!! We still don't know how he is shipping out, but no matter, there will be a plane ticket waiting for him!!!!! If I have to charter my own plane to make it happen! LOL! Ok, so I could not afford to charter a plane, but it was a great thought! The things we do for our kids!!!

I want to take a moment to thank all of you for your understanding and compassion while dealing with my oldest going off to boot camp and then the Ship… Continue

None of that Sissy Crap

Are you tired of those sissy 'friendship' poems that always sound good,
but never actually come close to reality?

Well, here is a series of promises that actually speak of true friendship.

You will see no cutesy little smiley faces on this card-
Just the stone cold truth of our great friendship.

1. When you are sad --I will jump on the person who made you sad like a spider monkey jacked up on Mountain Dew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2. When you are blue -- I will try to dislod… Continue

I was dancing at the communtiy mail box. It was in his handwriting and although it was before he left for Ship 17, at least it was in his NORMAL handwriting and I could see what was going on with him. He had already started complaining about his back hurting and the long lines. I had to laugh, he should have known from all of his previous run ins with the Navy way of doing things...hurry & wait...it wouldn't be any different. I had to laugh when he told me about their first attempt at marchi… Continue

Corey is so distraught he couldn't even talk. I swear if he calls me ma'am one more time I am going to clobber him.

Here is the story. When Corey was born at Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego, they decided to shove him back inside me because they had made the incision for the c-section to high. In the process of doing that they broke his L-5 vertebre. Hence, he can't touch his toes, he has lower back pain all the time, and he can't (apparently) be a sailor. According to Corey he is in a whole… Continue

I was so excited when I saw the handwriting on the envelope. It was so neat and I could just see his little tongue hanging out to the left as he tried to be neat. This is a future Doctor and he has the penmanship as such. I haven't seen this kind of writing since first grade. LOL!!! My eyes filled with tears as I stuffed the rest of my mail in my armpit and proceeded to open the "letter" from my son. Much to my dismay...it was a form letter that he had wrote "Mom & Dad" on the top of and at… Continue

We are off on our "get away" weekend to Tahoe. A little time for our family to reshape itself without our recruit, and to enjoy the scenery without our recruit, and to figure out our next steps in this adventure without our recruit. Huh, this is suppose to be fun? Ok, parasailing, kayaking, boating, tubing, skiing, skydiving, gliding, among other things should be fun...just not without our recruit.

I hope you all have a safe and happy weekend.