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My son left June 6, 2011, today is his 19th birthday and I miss him a great deal. I couldn't ask for a greater son and knowing this was his choice I support him in every way, thou it can't stop the emptiness I feel when I look around or home and he is not here. How I wish I could speak to him and how I wait for that mail in hopes to receive some sort of information. He left us all notes in hidden ways I received mine today, filled a void but now I miss him even more....
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Mother
It is natural for a Mother to feel separation anxiety and a sense of loss during this time. Keep yourself busy with writing letters, sending protien bars, or magazines like consumers digest so he can think about how he is going to spend all that new found $ from his career choice... Get some funny cards with music. Start planning your trip to graduation.... Make it your business to do everything you possibly can to help him through as best you can. Do all those things that have always made you a great Mother, just do them differently! Good Luck...
Posted by: Tammi Sylte on 07/11/2011
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Janet where did your son go San Diego or PI? My son went to San Diego. I still catch myself staring off in space and driveing home from work i get a lump in my throat.
Carmen i cant wate to get a letter from my boy. i will be posting when i get one but for now its the wateing game. for the people who think you should be over it, they just dont understand what we are going through. i am a marine myself, even though i have been out since 1990. Once a Marine always a Marine. what iam getting at is going through it my self i realy thought i would be ready for him leaveing but i was so wrong.
Posted by: Scott Lyman on 06/23/2011
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Mother
I understand. My son left Monday, June 20th. My heart hurts!!!!
Posted by: Janet Brown on 06/22/2011
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I know just how you feel. My son just left yesterday and i catch myself just looking off into space. The thing that is funny is that i was one that left and went to bootcamp back in 86, a life time ago. i thought i was ready and could handel this but sofar iam not doing to good and its only been 2 days. Iam so proud of him for doing this but dam its hard.
Posted by: Scott Lyman on 06/22/2011
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Hello Scott,
Thanks for writing, my husband and I feel the same. We received our second letter and our son gives such great details that it is almost as if we are there. Hard to read and at time my husband just sit outside to decompress.WE tried to prepare, but unfortunately as much as we thought we did it wasn't enough. Keep us posted I have found it very useful to write other parents and those around us think we shoud be "over it", "his decision" and if I hear that again I might just let one of them hear it...
Posted by: Carmen Banuelos on 06/22/2011
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Hi Carmen you are so right when you say that no other Mother quite understands what we are going through! Even my sister who has 1 in college and another going there in the fall just doesn't get it! She will be able to call them at anytime or take a drive. God I can't even imagine what it's gonna be like when Kayd leaves for San Diego? Please keep posting. Hey Carmen did you do a family thing through the Marines at some point before your son left for boot camp? I keep hearing abot this informational family thing but can't seem to get any info about it? Kayds recuiter isn't much help as he's getting ready to move on from recruiting and seems to just be done?!
Thanks Again & God Bless,
Pam ~
Posted by: Pamela Mainz on 06/21/2011
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Hi Pam,
Yes, there is what is called a Family Day at Moffet Field in Mtn View, we went and its a day around information for the family as well as some drill for the recruits and activities so you seem them compete with other recruits. Plan on bring a chair to sit on as you will be there a good amount of the day and water. They fed us lunch, MRDs they were not that bad at all. If your son's recruiter is not helpful ask for who is replacing him, my son went thru three and we were very lucky as we had two come to our home so we could ask everything we wanted. My son called them all the time and built a good relationship with them. We have their cards what office are you out of? Maybe I can send you our contact to help???
Now on this support thing, I have found no one understand what we parents are going thru but those going thru it. I appreciate exactly what you said regarding the college thing, I wished at times my son was at college, I would drive there now to see him, call him or go pick him up. I can't, I wait for letter and that it.....
Posted by: Carmen Banuelos on 06/22/2011
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Mother
Hi, My son also left June 6th for Parris Island. Is you son at Parris island also?
Posted by: Lynda Donovan on 06/19/2011
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Mother
Hello Lynda,
No, my son is at San Diego... How are you getting thru this? I am looking for all the support I can get and I can honestly say that family and friends aren't as supportive for the only reason as they don't seem to understand completely. My son is not a college, where I can speak to him, or call him when I want, or I where I can just jump in my car and drive to visit. I completely support his decision I just find it hard adjusting to a new direction in all our lives.How are you adjusting?
Posted by: Carmen Banuelos on 06/20/2011
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OMG! I can't give you any words of wisdom because you're only where I will be in Feb. My son is 17 and will be turning 18 in April while in boot camp in San Diego and my heart is already empty.......... I feel your pain and hope all will be fine. Please keep us up to date
Posted by: Pamela Mainz on 06/15/2011
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Hello Pamela,
Thank you for responding, I tried to prepare as much as one can. My son was great about educating himself as well as us. We spoke to everyone we could so that we could be prepared. Nothing thou prepares a mom to say goodbye at the hotel for the first night... Next morning we were there at 4:15am and were one of two parents saying goodbye. That was very hard. The call they make when they call to say they arrived that in itself was even harder.... I must say this is a road that everyone goes on not just our sons.... I did receive my first letter will write on that next....
Posted by: Carmen Banuelos on 06/20/2011
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