I got some letters from him in the past few days. His attitude is very good! But – momma is fallin’ fast. I have one in the military basic training, one child on her way to being a momma and another child 6 months away from High School Graduation.
What now? Each day I got up it was for my kids. I know that isn’t how it should be – but we had some very hard financial times for many many years. The only thing holding me together and focused alot of times were my babies. The laughter, the running around – the neighbors kids bolting through the house screaming with mine.
It’s too quiet. It’s scary. Time flies by too quickly. I miss my babies….
I hope your New Year brings you good health and happiness.
2010 Will be a good year! I’ll have my first grandchild, my youngest will graduate high school in June and my recruit son will be graduating from USMC Basic Training. There are many good things happening this year! I’m excited!
On December 7th, my eldest son – middle child – went into USMC Boot Camp. Sunday, December 6th I dropped him off at the recruiter’s office and that’s the last I’ve seen of my boy. That’s a key word – “Boy”. You see, once he graduations and becomes a Marine – he will forever be lost as a boy. Sound harsh? Maybe – but it’s true. The come home men. Parent’s girls who leave for Parris Island come back Women. It’s inevitable.
I’ve been lucky to have found Recruit Parents Forums within the Marine Parents website. There are parents, girlfriends, wives, etc. that are going through the same thing I am and with the same platoon as my son. It’s a very good form of relasing I guess you would say. The USMC is the longest Basic Training of all of the military basic’s. My son will be gone for 13 weeks and I’ll be able to go to his graduation on March 5th. Ofcourse, the drop out rate is high for Marines I’m sure – so I’m going to assume my son will make it through. Of that, I have no doubt.
The emotions I’m going through are plenty. In no certain order:
Pride
Sadness
Loneliness
Happiness
Fear
Excitement
Loss
Frightened
In all of that, Pride tops the list. To be a USMC Recruit Mother – there are few of us as there are few Marines. I’ll let you know what it means to be a USMC Mother when that happens.
For those interested – the link for the Marine Parents Site is: MarineParents.com
It’s Christmas – and I miss my son. My daughter and my youngest son are at her Grandma’s house for Christmas day. It’s just me and Daniel for the night.
I feel so lost. For the last 21 years all I’ve ever done is be a mom. What the heck happens when that’s not a full time plus job anymore? Who am I?
Love and Light to all of you ~ I am blessed to have made connections with you.
Well, our ever so wonderful President has declared an emergency over the H1N1. Anyone besides me wondering what the heck that’s all about? No one is gonna get me to take a brand new vaccine. Folks are getting it in droves. Perhaps a time period to test it would be a GREAT idea! But alas…. I digress.
Trying to ban Divorce in Califonia will only up the murder rate. In my humblest opinion. Who the HECK thought of that one. That’s it, the country has gone wacko. Wait. The state has gone wacko. Heck, I guess we were already there!
Had a GREAT time with Daniel today. We went to the Star Trek exhibit in San Jose. Quite nice, but we are spoiled by the Las Vegas convention and the Hilton visits when the had the Star Trek stuff.
So….. what’s old Granny doing today? (*cough*) I’m workin. Just had to type and say HI! And vent on the strangeness of our times. Thanks for listening.
Does anyone know of a good book, or reference online that would be useful for a new seller to eBay?
I hope your New Year brings you good health and happiness.
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