Robin's page (Trae's mom)

So Trae left yesterday headed to VA. We are SSSOOOO pround of him and the decisions he is making in his life to serve our country. Although he is still in school for a few more months, he is already thinking of the next phase of his life and what college courses he would like to take while working with the fleet. We never thought we would see that day come. I have to say that even though I shed a few tears when he left, this visit was much nicer than the last one. We actually spent a great amoun… Continue

OMG!!! I have always been proud of my son. He is a wonderful young man, kind, friendly, easy to be with, just an all around good guy. Now that is not to say that he has not made his share of mistakes, because who hasn't. But no matter how proud I have been of him in the past, pride was such an overwhelming feeling this morning when I saw him march into the drill hall at GL. To see him playing his trumpet just like in marching band was awesome of course, but to see him in those dress blues, took… Continue

Lord, what a wreck I have been. My cell phone has not left my field of vision for almost 5 weeks, as I have been anxiously awaiting a second call from Trae. Our plan was the same for this upcoming phone call as the last. Trae was to call my phone and then I would 3-way with his dad so we could all talk at one time. Good idea right? In theory, yes. As I stated my phone has not left my field of vision for 5 weeks, that is until today. I put the stupid thing on vibrate because I had a meeting this… Continue

I can hardly believe it, 5, count them 5 more days left. It seems as though it has been a lifetime since I have seen Trae. (And then sometimes, the time seems so short.) I am so excited I can hardly sleep at night. I lie down and once I get to sleep I wake up often and the first thought in my brain is "how many more days and hours?" I catch myself coming to this website more and more often.When I first joined this site, I checked it occasionally through out the day, now I find my self checking i… Continue

Wow, talk about the way that 3 little pieces of paper can turn your entire attitude around. Usually we get Trae's letters on Wednesday and when it did not come yesterday, we were soooo bummed out. However, today is a brand new day and we received a letter. YEA!!! Although Trae did not mention Battle Stations, which is what we are most concerned about, he did ask us to pray for division 922 on Saturday the 12th of April because they would be doing "Captain's Cup". He said this was similar to the… Continue