michaels recruiter is awesome i already have michaels address if anyone is with the same address please let me know would love to keep in touch

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hope to hear from some more parents

im hoping graduation is oct 26 or nov 02 cant wait to get the official paperwork waiting patiently

Well here we go my day has come. My SR leaves Sept 4 from Little Rock AR. My feelings are all over the place I cant seem to contain them I am so happy and proud but at the same time im asking myself what i have i gotten myself into. I know I raised my son to be independent but im not ready i just want a little more time everything has gone so fast. I just keep wondering if I have done the right things in life sorry for my pitty party just feel a little better when i write things down.

had a wonderful day today with my family only 2 more saturdays left til michael leaves going so quickly we went to Pea Ridge a civil war battlefield in Arkansas then a wonderful picnic thanks to my mom. Its amazing how i feel so many mixed feelings I feel so sorry for him though his father has no interest and his other set of grandparents are just as bad we were making plans to go see them but they had other plans so one of my awesom friends came up with the idea of putt putt , a movie…

well looks like my days are going to go nutz. michaels recruiter called opening in sept ship date michael took if his recruiter is now making final plans to see in the Navy will accept michaels changes in ship dates.  He came to me and asked if I would be alright if he left in Sept instead of Jan. what could I say but son I love you and this is your decision MOM will be just fine miss you like crazy but this is what I raised him for to be a awsome young man.  When I told him that I felt my…

just when i think things will slow down my youngest son had decided to go full steam ahaed to complete his Eagle for boy scouts before his brother leaves for basic in Jan.  It is doable but im aftraid i will be put in a straight jacket before it all done with lol.  so looks like he will do his board of review if he passes then the project begins he is so siked because michael will be here every step of the procees and will help him. wow the next 7months will be so busy not sure if i will…

After everything he has been doing to get what he wanted from the Navy he did it. Im so proud his job is operations specialist  the only thing he is upset about is he now has to wait til Jan to leave I am personally ok with it I get him for halloween, his brothers birthday, thanksgiving and Christmas oohh and New Years. What a wonderful day but he is on the list with his recruiter to take an earlier date is if comes up. A school will be Virginia Beach never been there it will be awesome…

Michael is off to Little Rock to retake his ASVAB to raise his score a little more he did awesome on his prep tests raised his previous score another 20 points on the area he needed to improve for MA but now he says he may want to check out more on something with more science, so proud of him taking the time to do what he needs to do to improve his life. We will know Tuesday his official leave date for GL. This is going to be a long 3 days. What a ride this has been and its not over yet .

Well it is official Michael graduated from High School May 11,2012.  It is so hard to believe he did it. I am so proud of him we had so much fun had a family bbq dinner at his favorite place Famous Daves in Branson MO. then had family and friends over to the house before graduation took some wonderful pictures, graduation was amazing. Saturday we did his party so many people showed up to support him.  Now its time to buckle down for leaving for basic training right now it is still August but…

Prom night was a success I was so happy for michael. Michael and his friends planned to just go stag and do there own thing it worked they had so much fun. Michaels best friend Steven (he leaves for the Army in July) , Dustin, Ethan and some more friends west bowling, dinner and just hung out. So proud of them and proud of Michaels girlfriend who stayed behind to give the guys there time, Michael is making it up to her by taking her to sadie hawkins dance friday. lol He gets to dress up…

wow 3weeks and 4 days till michael graduates all the seniors are getting ready for prom. just recieved his graduation decorations and the adorable m&m 's i got for him. as of right now looks like he is still leaving aug 7 will know in june the official date after he retakes his asvab to score for MA.  tonight is freshman oreintation for michaels younger brother wow my baby in high school where did time go all he talks about is walking in his brothers footsteps and join the navy too. how…

Just talked to Michaels Rec. looks like I can take him to Little Rock Ar. for his swearing in at there office in August. I just have to have him at the hotel at the time requested. My good friend Cheryl and my sons best friend Matthew will be going with us and my younger son will also be there. We are all leaving early so we can do some things together as a family looks like were hitting the zoo, Imax and Outback Steak House (my kid loves his meat lol). We can even stay at the same hotel but…

Michael and his band mates are on a trip of a lifetime to Washington DC. He is so excited they are playing infront of our national monuments and they have a full schedual. It will be so amazing for him and his band mates. things are going so fast its insaine.

Went with Michael to see Act of Valor wow awesom movie seems 2012 is the year for Navy movies. Battleship looks pretty cool comes out May 12.  Ever sense Michael signed his papers it seems we are seeing Navy everywhere we turn looks like the decision he made was the right one. Love you Michael James

Well I did it made it through my sons 18th birthday with out breaking down to many times. He had a great day got him a dairy queen blizzard cake his favorite chocolate extreme. His papa took him for there dinner by themselves, Saturday were going as a family. It was a wonderful day. Im so glad I was able to spend it with my son.

Well Saturday was a wonderful day. Michael went to his last Klondike Scout District event to support his brother who was choosen to be in the OA (Michael is also a member) Joseph was so excited that his brother took off from work to be there they had so much fun then Michael will be going to the ordeal to again support his brother. I took some wonderful pictures then I came home sat down and cried. These days are getting to be so hard knowing each scout event and holiday that comes will be…

went into my sons room he was sleeping away then it was an abstacle course tripping over his games, xbox turtles, picking up clothes then i thought wow soon i will going into a empty room not tripping over anything or picking up clothes. a wave of sadness came over me so at 5am I started doing laundry and cleaning the house its what i do best when i have to think about something else. Then I started going through his senior package for high school and signing up for everything just so that i…

michael just had his first mandatory meeting today (dep) i think its called he was laughing and said everything they talked about his papa already went over with him lol his papa is retired CW3 in the Army. Michael couldnt believe how much his papa knows even though he is Army lol. Gotta love the bond a grandfather and grandson share i know i do. When Michael leaves I wont be the only one upset luckily he has his other grandson Joseph still here he starts high school in the fall.

My son Michael turns 18 this month wow it went by so fast. He has his first DEP meeting Tuesday not sure what to expect he is excited but a little nervous about it. We also have lots of scout stuff this month with his younger brother who talks about following his brother into the Navy what a life we live in gotta love it.

well michael and i were looking at somethings we could do together after he graduates from boot camp. im hoping we will have at least one day together before a school my fingers are crossed i know it is still a long way away until he leaves the graduates, but i use to think that way about high school graduation and it is now around the corner. if he stays on task he may graduate bc around oct and six flags is still open really hoping we can go then he has the see the new resident evil movie…

Started crying again today im such a girl. Started working on my sons senior scrapbook for High School found a really nice Navy scarpbook at Michaels I will be picking up to start on that one for his military years. It just seems to be going by so fast next month he turns 18 I just cant believe how much he has grown into a young man looking back at all his pictures when he was little who would have guessed that when I put him in his little Navy outfit at 6months old he would be a Eagle Scout…