Happy Fourth Of July!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Pat L D on July 5, 2008 at 8:22pm

Hi Terri, I know how you feel. My son just graduated from boot camp. Us moms go through our own boot camp. The first two weeks will be especially difficult. Stay close to the computer and talk to us. Find other moms on N4M who have a child in the same division and ship as yours because any little news you hear about the division helps to make you feel some connection. (You should be able to get this info from his recruiter a day or two after your son leaves.) First you'll receive a 20 second call to say your son made it to GL, IL safely, then about 10 days later you will receive a box with his civilian belongings. After that, maybe a week later, you will get a form letter from the Navy. Be sure to look for the three lines for the recruit to leave a short message. Those short 3 lines will be cherished. Maybe a week later you may get a real letter from your recruit and if he is a letter writer, you may get a letter or two a week. They are only allowed to write and send mail on Sundays (or at least that's how it was for my son). At first time will drag (again stay close to N4M for support) then before you know it it will be time for graduation and that is a wonderful time. There are some web sites and a book called "Honor, Courage, Commitment" that may help you understand what is going on with your son during boot camp. Good luck to you and Jeremy.

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Permalink Reply by Karen on July 5, 2008 at 8:23pm

Terri,

You are not alone in this. My son left June 22nd - tomorrow will be 2 weeks. It was so hard and yesterday on the 4th I was feeling really down but not trying to show it because I didn't want to bring my husband and youngest son down with me. My recruit son loved fireworks and I always bought a ton for him every year. My youngest is not into them like the older one. It makes me a little sad but I can't make him be like his older brother.

Hang in there. It'll be ok. Just tell yourself that he's doing what he wants to do.

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Permalink Reply by T's mom on July 6, 2008 at 12:22am

I had a wonderful 4th of July.started out the day showing respect to our fallen soldiers by placing flags on their markers,then went to a friends house had bbq and swim.The best part ever was getting to spend time with my brother who is a army sgt.He was in Iraq for the last 4th.Now he is staitioned close enough so he can come home on weekends.hope fully next 4th my sailor will be home on leave.

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Permalink Reply by Sherry Hudon on July 6, 2008 at 1:05am

I am so glad that most of you and your families enjoyed the fourth of July weekend. For those who have their son/daughters in boot camp or off to their new stations be proud of him or her and although it breaks our hearts that they are away, cling to the good times you shared together and keep them in your prayers, write lots of letters send cards anything to remind your loved one that
although they are not with you physically they are still with you in your heart.

I'm cherishing every moment I have with my son his wife and my baby grand daughter before my big guy goes off for boot camp. We all got to share the day with friends today cooking out and playing corn hole (yes it's a game) and having some laughs. Just seeing my son smile warms my soul and brings tears to my eyes knowing in three weeks (it will come soon) he'll be apart from us which that in itself will be so hard to get used to. Going to get lots of pictures and keep them around the house.

Thank you so much for sharing. Be strong and know you raised your son daughter right and be proud of them.

Talk Soon. God Bless.

:)

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Permalink Reply by Kathy c. on July 7, 2008 at 9:17am

Well i'm a little late,it's the 7th of july, but thought I'd share what we did yesterday. We are from RI, and last night on the Newport Navy Base they had a spectacular firework display, the Navy Band (northeast) was playing, also a regular band doing all kinds of music, all kinds of food vendors, It really was great. It was open to the public and there were thousands of people there. My son who is in SC just happened to call me while we were there, I told him we all (his grandparents, aunts & uncles etc.) were there wearing our Navy tee shirts!!(Not too proud) He got a kick out of that! It really was a special time, if you weren't very patriotic when you got there, you certainly had to be by the time you left. It just brought tears to your eyes to see the pride, in our troops, our country, our vetereans!

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Permalink Reply by Navy for Moms Admin on July 7, 2008 at 11:51am

Thank you for sharing everyone! Glad to read everything on this thread. CC

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Permalink Reply by Pat L D on July 7, 2008 at 9:15pm

Sounds like fun, we don't have a Navy Pier or base where I live.

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Permalink Reply by wendy on July 8, 2008 at 12:10am

We spent the day with our daughter who flew home for leave on the 4th of July. We had alot of people in tears!!! Its been great and Im so grateful and proud of all our soldiers. Thank you to all your sons, daughters and spouses. God Bless Them All

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