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Val Criswell
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Sharon, Congratulations to your son. That is awesome.
Happy Thanksgiving friends! Hope everyone has a good day. I'll be thinking of all of you and our sailors at 4 today. Blessings to you all. Val
Sandy McD, Sanibel Island is one of my favorite places!!! Enjoy and Happy Thanksgiving.
T-Lynn you are in the prayers for tomorrow. Anita that is so cool that you got to open your presents together through skype!
Hope everyone is having a good n...
Carol, thank you for sharing your son's homecoming. It made me cry like everyone else. Three weeks today and I will be doing the same thing!!! I understand what you mean about their social schedule. I have not booked a thing for my sailor when he ...
T-Lynn what a nice prayer that is...I already have the tears and it isnt Thanksgiving yet.
Home from work for the afternoon waiting for the cable man as my cable is messing up. You know how it is I need to be here from 12-5...not complaining thou...
Yes please bring back the old number system!!!!
Tammy my sincerest condolences are with you right now. I am so sorry for your loss. What an amazing person Tobi is and she is definitely an angel!
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- About me:
- I live in Olathe,Kansas. I am a social worker. My son joined the Navy a year ago and is stationed in Japan as part of the Comseventh Fleet. I also have a daughter that just graduated from college.
- I am here to support or represent my:
- Child/Stepchild
- Stage of (Sailor’s) Navy Career?
- Enlisted
- When I heard “Navy,” I:
- Was proud and encouraged it
- From my experience with the Navy, the most important thing I learned was:
- My son was the first to join the military from both sides of the family..all I can say is Wow..What an amazing journey he has taken us all on so far. We could not be more proud of him and our military. The Navy has been the best choice he could have made for his life. The most important thing I have learned is listen to your children...they are usually right!
- Through this Navy experience, I now believe:
- It was positive and maturing. Our relationship has grown stronger.
Val Criswell's Blog
ESWOS ??????
Hi Navy moms, needing some special thoughts and prayers going to my sailor. He is in Japan and has been working hard to get his eswos qualification. I believe it stands for Surface Warfare Specialist. He has been taking tests and getting all his stuff signed off. He has the big test on Tuesday...his time...Monday night for us. He is not a good test taker and didnt pass the test the first two times. I believe it is critical for him to pass it this third time. I have been praying hard for him and… Continue
Posted on June 7, 2009 at 8:47pm — 2 Comments
My son is growing up and changing!
Hi, like many others I have never blogged before. My son has been in Japan since October. We are extremely proud of him. He loves the Navy and has made the most of all of his experiences. When they travel to different ports he takes advantage of this and goes siteseeing and schedules tours. He posts the pictures of his travels on facebook. His most recent set of pictures showed a young man that has been working out daily and has a different body than when he left. He left home at 17 and is start… Continue
Posted on May 14, 2009 at 8:42pm — 3 Comments
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- At 4:57pm on November 25, 2009,
Debi said…
- I was surprised Donny won! They all did a great job though, so, good for him! My daughter called during the show and was distracting me.....oh well, I should have recorded it!
I hope you have a truly wonderful Thanksgiving......I am giving thanks for my friends on this site and my new buddy Val :) Hugs to you!!! Debi
- At 11:45pm on November 23, 2009,
Debi said…
- Hi there! Too funny what you said about New Moon. I was afraid I wouldn't like the movie because "my teen" loved it so....we don't always have the same taste :)
Donny did great tonight! They all did.....I sure wish we could get together tomorrow night and watch it, with popcorn! That sounds fun to me! Let me know if you can make it! :)
Don't worry too much about the earrings. I hope they make it on time, but if they don't, the girlfriend better be understanding!! She's a lucky girl to have Cory!
Oh, yes, I had already asked Anti M.....she is such a wealth of information, but for this one she had nothing. I think she felt bad too, she loves to be able to help. I have read blogs online about people waiting for military medical discharges....from what I've read, it can take a very, very long time. Why??? Nobody knows.
Have a good night!!!
- At 1:40pm on November 23, 2009,
Barbara - Daniel's Mom said…
- Hi, My son made 4yrs in Aug. He left for Japan week of Memoral Day, play taps with the AM Legion Post here at home and we left for the aiprort rigtht after the cermony. He is due home for christmas this year, yea!! He is an AT3 and waiting on advancements notice this week,has been depolyed on the USS Philippine Sea three times and now with the air wing to Japan. He has really been all over the world now. Have a great day.
- At 8:29am on November 23, 2009,
Debi said…
- Hi Val....sorry I'm just now getting back to you. Our youngest daughter is a HUGE fan of Twilight. She went to see New Moon yesterday and said it was AWESOME! I have not read the books or seen the movies......boy, I am behind the times!! I hear such good things about them though so that's on my list of "to do's".
Anxious to see DWTS tonight!!
How many days until Cory gets home??? Since you're on this site, I know he's already on your mind!!! Like you can get him off your mind anyway?!? :)
Dan was supposed to be hooked back up on the internet by now, but, I just checked and he's not on yet. He's had a difficult week....he can't stop worrying. Now I'm having a hard time not worrying about him. This waiting to know what his future holds is really getting him down....I keep telling him to trust God, "He already knows how things will play out and He will get you through".
Have a great day there is the beautiful state of KS :) Debi
- At 8:37am on November 20, 2009,
Debi said…
- Good morning Val!
Wishing Cory good luck on that asvab!!! Hopefully this will be the time all goes well for him :) No news regarding Dan yet. He was moved to a different room a couple of weeks ago and he's still waiting for the internet to be hooked up in his room. That could be his fault....he tends to procrastinate. Anyway, we haven't been in touch other than a couple of phone calls. So, maybe the next time we talk he'll know something???
I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving! Jim is working. I will probably go to the hospital and have dinner with him.....it really is pretty good! We have spent so much of our adult lives at work on the holidays, so, this is nothing unusual for us.
I can imagine how excited you're getting....I understand how it's hard to think about anything else right now! So, tell your boss you're just "too excited to work" :)
Have a really great day!!
Debi
- At 7:27pm on November 18, 2009,
Debi said…
- Wow!! I was shocked with who was sent home last night.......I was thinking it would be Donny too!
Hope you had a good day....still on cloud nine about Cory I'm sure :) The countdown to Christmas must be so fun for you this year!!
- At 12:15pm on November 17, 2009,
Debi said…
- P.S. Please tell Cory we are ALL so proud of him!!!
- At 12:10pm on November 17, 2009,
Debi said…
- Congratulations!!!!!! That is SOOOO exciting!!! I know you are a proud Mama today (well, every day :) Cory is doing AWESOME! Go Navy boy from Kansas!
- At 9:05pm on November 14, 2009,
Debi said…
- Val.....it was wonderful to talk to you today! I SOOOO enjoyed hearing all about you and your family. We'll have to catch up again really soon!
Wishing you a nice relaxing Sunday! Hugs!
Debi
- At 12:10pm on November 14, 2009,
Barbara - Daniel's Mom said…
- My sailor is in Misawa and is due home in 6 weeks, and i know the feeling about looking forward for christmas. We will have christmas when he get home, becuase it will be so close, whatever day it is wull be fine.
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