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Comment by Binker & Bro: 2X Nuke Mom on June 28, 2011 at 12:44pm

didnt hurt that I mentioned you, huh?

 

Comment by TN Navy Mom (Stennis Nuke Mom) on June 28, 2011 at 12:43pm

no more perfect welcome has ever been extended Binker's Mom.

Comment by Binker & Bro: 2X Nuke Mom on June 28, 2011 at 12:24pm

I have gone back three times trying to find Cindy's post to make my reassurance. But I cannot find it, so here goes. ***for purposes of this post, kids means son, daughter, wife, husband, brother, sister, lover, friend: sailor

Cindy,

we give the good and the bad. we celebrate. we mourn. we act horribly serious and dreadfully ridiculous. we take pictures of each others kids so we can share our great moments. we wrap arms around each other when our kids seem to forget us. we cry over the silly, funny, tragic, delightful. we offer advice, both good and bad, sometimes accurate and inaccurate. we have experts like mark, novices like you and our other wonderful newbies. we have moms with kids all over the military spectrum, like dor. we have amandas and emilys and bunkerqbs and tnmoms and nancys and marys and williams. we come from maine and cali and idaho and the dakotas and texas and minn and mich and florida and ny and kentucky (that's for me). we have newly weds, oldie weds, not ever weds and why did we weds. we have been in the army, coast guard, marines, navy and air force. we have no idea what the military is and do not understand a word of what happens in this seafaring world. we are baptist, catholic, buhddist, athesist and everything in between. we are all ridiculously intelligent with even more intelligent sailors!

 

We are the best America has to offer and we have willingly (at least over time) given our greatest gifts--our kids--to the Navy and Uncle Sam and entrusted a bureaucracy dedicated to war and the prevention of war to do what is best for these most precious gifts.

 

All of us belong here. all of us are welcome. all of us have a home here for as long as we each need it. Nuke moms is a blessing in all our lives no matter how decadently dirty or squeaky clean! Echoing Penny: welcome aboard (ya know how weird it feels to say those navy sayings for this ole flygirl?). we are a wonderful bunch. YOU already fit right in! you and every other newby who has found us.

 

Come on in! Sit down. Have a cake ball! Watch out for the spiders! We're a great bunch!

 

Comment by NancyJo (NNPTC) on June 28, 2011 at 11:53am

I'm sitting here thinking how wonderful you all are. We are so lucky to have each other.  Every day I say a prayer of thanks for all the support that I get, including N4M.  

Just FYI, and I think I have said this before, my son-in-law was a Navy Nuke on a carrier who went on after discharge to college and get his masters in Nuclear Engineering.  Even if our sailors don't go on to college after the navy, being in the military in any capacity can bring so many benefits.  My nephew-in-law is an Army vet, 82nd Airborne.  He says the same thing.  No matter how bleak things look now, take a deep breath.  Tomorrow is another day.

Comment by maryquitecontrary (1131 M) on June 28, 2011 at 11:44am

And Amanda....so funny! Good job getting over your first Navy wife hurdle :)

Comment by maryquitecontrary (1131 M) on June 28, 2011 at 11:43am

Cindy, I agree with what Penny said 100%. Sometimes I get overwhelmed reading about how relationships become so strained during school, and that really it doesn't get much better stress wise when they're out of school. With that being said, this place has also been an incredible source of information. I know so many things that have helped me and my sailor, that I would never have known with out N4M. Knowledge is power, if you choose to let it be. :) This Nuke world can definitely be scary and overwhelming at times!! Take it one day at a time.

Comment by Penny_Nuke_MM2_NimitzNuke on June 28, 2011 at 11:33am

Hey Cindy, I will disagree with you...I think you came on at the exact perfect time.  N4Ms is a perfect place for moms/dads/GFs/wives, etc to be able to come together and pour out their hearts ... either for happiness, sadness, etc.  At this particular time, all of us are feeling for Sharon and her son.  At the same time, we are also welcoming people like yourself, NavyMom, MissyQ and so many more.  I believe it is good to learn about others so that IF it ever happens to us and our sailor, we will have something to bring back to memory and also know that there will be others stepping up to the plate to give guidance and virgual hugs. 

 

Welcome aboard and keep reading.  You will learn a whole lot here and gain some wonderful friends.

Comment by Gulf Coast Mom on June 28, 2011 at 11:31am

Sharon - my prayers are with you, Diego and Kelsey.  I can't imagine a young couple with so much on their minds.  I do know that at one time - I think it was when my son started power school - we received a letter from NNPTC about how hard the program was and how stressful.  This was about 18 months ago - they had several suicides in a month or so period.  There were several numbers of people to call if you were concerned about your sailors.  I know one was the chaplain - maybe he could intervene.  Maybe some of the other old timers on here still have the numbers - I don't have the letter any more.  Sending hugs your way.

Comment by Binker & Bro: 2X Nuke Mom on June 28, 2011 at 11:19am

SHARON

SUPER MONSTEROUS GIANT HUGS

 

I understand your hate and anger and horror and fear and sorrow all so well. That's what the air force did to me when I requested a discharge because Binker was a 6 week preemie and my commander didn't have a clue and wanted to send me back into the missile fields before Bink was even supposed to be here. When I asked for the voluntary, he told me he would make sure if I couldn't do 4 years of missiles he would make sure I did nothing else, even though another base commander wanted me to do his PR work. Long story short (to quote my husband), I ended up having to fight to get an honorable all because of a baby (that I really did not want to have to start with, to add insult to injury) and had 9 Congressional inquiries going on  to keep from getting the dishonorable and really ruining my life. By the time everything was over, I HATED the air force and yet it was the only life I had ever known or wanted. I grew up on a flight line. The smell of JP4 burning in the morning is as strong an emotive for me as grandma's blackberry cobbler.

 

Discharge your anger as you need but never let Diego feel the poison of it. He will survive and survive well. I am still trying to get ahold of Bink to find out if his BC buddy went undesignated when he failed A school. I know buddy is as happy as a clam and just got to Japan and is LOVING it. I like the path of going ahead and applying to the NA from the fleet, not to bite his thumb at the powers that be but to show himself that he still has other options.

 

All my love to you , Diego and Kelsey. Keep your faith my friend. Nothing happens without a reason and those who do good in this world will have good come back to him or her.

Comment by NancyJo (NNPTC) on June 28, 2011 at 10:12am

Having heard several moms talk about ambivalent feelings in their sailors, I have to say my son seems to just love it.  It seems like he has found a niche.  He is moving into a hasty marriage b/c I think he gets lonely, but he and his fiance have already decided he will commit his inactive duty time into active.  He won't commit beyond that until he goes to sea and really knows what it's all about.  When we toured the Yorktown after Power School grad, he was really into looking at it, translating the out-dated machinery into what he knows about what is current.  He is anxious to get his fingers dirty.

It hasn't all been a bed of roses but we take the good with the bad.  Even a bed of roses has lots of thorns. Hang in there, Moms.  Our kids will have a lot of junk thrown at them in life.  Our job is to be there for them no matter what.  I love N4M!

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