Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away!

Happy Thanksgiving to all my N4M friends. This is a time to look back on our year and remember all the blessings in our life. For so many of us this has been an eventful year with our children joining the Navy, bootcamp, A school and so much more. For us this Thanksgiving will be our first without the four of us together, we will have one empty seat but our hearts of full of pride and joy for all that our son as accomplished and how far he has come. We are so blessed to have such a great young… Continue

This went around several years ago. Written by Anna Quindlen. So here goes, it is a little long but says it all. All my babies are gone now. I say this not in sorrow but in disbelief. I take great satisfaaction in what I have today: three almost-adults, two taller than I am, one closing in fast. Three people who read the same books I do and have learned not to be afraid of disagreeing with me in their opinion of them, who sometimes tell vulgar jokes that make me laugh until I choke and cry, who… Continue

It has been two months since Dan graduated from Bootcamp and four months since he left. His PIR was awesome, something we will never forget. He has now been in A school for almost 2 months and is doing well. We get to talk to him more often and he shares what he is doing. He has made some new friends and is able to talk to old ones. I have learned so much about myself and my son these past few months. N4M is the most awesome place. All the moms on this site are so great. The support and the fri… Continue

Yesterday while I was at work Dan called, hey he said. I told him I was at work and couldn't talk long. For some reason after I hung up with him I almost fell apart. My co-workers said it was okay, they were great, they know Dan he worked at the same place for a few months before he left. My reaction surprised me, he has been gone for almost four months and he calls at least once a week, so it's not like I don't talk to him. I guess I just really am missing him. He is my baby, now when I talk to… Continue

I thought that after a month since Dan graduated i would post my thoughts about bootcamp. he left March 25, 2008. They picked him up the night before and he spent the night in a hotel in downtown Phoenix. The next morning he called at 5:30 a.m., just wanted to say Hi. We left early that morning for MEPS and spent several hours waiting. At 11:00 a.m. he was sworn in and his group was ready to leave for the airport. We said our good bye's, Dan said your going to be okay mom gave him a hug and he… Continue