sons in boot camp. miss him like crazy

[USMCMUMMA]

my son left monday 8-13 for parris island for boot camp.. 

raising him by myself I never thought in a million years he'd become my best friend. hes smart, hysterical, strong, caring compassionate, everything you could ever ask for in a son.   growing up he always had an inf actuation with the military, and i rolled with it. when he hit 17 he was determined to go in to the Marines, and i went through the whole process with him, paper work, everything, pt, family functions.. and a week before he left, it finally hit like a ton of bricks... I wasn't gonna see my boy for 12+ weeks. *sigh*... every one has been sayin I'm overreacting. i found, i am suffering from severe separation anxiety.. I have finally after 3 days stopped the tears, and yeah still have my moments. I get up on a daily and function semi normally, I think I'm handling it pretty well.. I miss my son so much every day more than the next. Ive started writing him so when i get his address i can mail out the letters slowly but keep a consistent stream going to him. keeping my letters brief and positive, so I'm not making him more home sick than he probably already is,.  ive found these pages have helped me understand more of what my son may be going through and what other familys are dealing with also.. i dont feel so alone now.  thank you for reading and feel free to leave comments. 

[cocoroo]

My son leaves in Dec for AF basic.

[asaffell]

Hugs mama! Bootcamp was really hard for me when my husband enlisted. Do you have a copy of the training matrix? That helped me feel connected. 

Just try to ignore his sad letters if/when they come. He's safe, he's being cared for, and he'll survive and thrive. :)

[amonkeymom]

[MizxAngelique]

it will be okay mama.... just be strong for him.

[chdmom_hlhs]

Well my husband and I are both Marines. Its no easy task for any mom to see their son go off and join the military. The training matrix that is online can keep you heads up about whats coming up next for his company. You need to stay strong for him. The more you right him and keep positive the better off you are going to be. 13 weeks are going to fly by. Go a head and start your plan to go down there. Its always going to be really busy because if you graduate with a female platoon their will be twice as many people there. See if he can go on whats called recruiters assistance when he graduates from boot camp. Call up his recruiter and see if he can do that for you. It never hurts to try.

Try to send your son some of the basic necessity. A small bag of pens, pictures laminated so he can keep you with him, letters from friends, body wash, a sharpie so he can mark his clothes. They do unit laundry so he needs his name on his items so he can get them back.

Well momma let me know if their is anything I can do to help. If you need to write a letter to him to send him so motivation I will. I've been in his shoes before hope this helps. Stay strong!

[sailorwifenmom]

Hugs! I know it can be hard but both he and you can do this!

[USMCMUMMA]

Thank you everyone! I don't feel so alone, in this anymore... Everyone around me just don't get it... They're tellin me I'm dwelling and over thinking it... The thing is, I'm not... I miss the daily texts, the phone calls "mumma what ya doing", the car rides we use to take and laugh so hard I'd have to pull over because I had tears in my eyes an couldn't see.... I have the matrix, and it has helped, knowing what he is doin, I feel kind of connected. An I'm working on saving money to get down for graduation. Fingers crossed!