Parris Island Graduation Day!

by admin // June 6, 2013 // No Comments

May 24, 2013Â Today is the day, the day I watch my son’s dream come true, he becomes a United States Marine. Today is the end of months of stress, sleepless nights, waiting for letters, and driving my mail carrier... Continue reading →

Parris Island – Family Day

by admin // June 5, 2013 // No Comments

May 23, 2013 Today is Family Day! Family Day begins before dawn. We arrived on MCRD Parris Island about 4:45 a.m. I finally get to lay eyes and hands on my Marine for the first time! How exciting! We are... Continue reading →

Parris Island Bound

by admin // June 5, 2013 // No Comments

After many weeks of hard work, graduation is finally here! We left Birmingham, Alabama headed for Okatie, South Carolina very early on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. We had our base pass in hand, and our excitement was uncontainable. Parris Island... Continue reading →

The Journey – Week 11

by cynthia // May 4, 2013 // 10 Comments

I sat down today to write our son a letter like I do most Saturday mornings. But, today was different. Our son has been in boot camp for 11 weeks. He has 19 days left. I began to cry as... Continue reading →

Journey to Boot Camp

by cynthia // February 17, 2013 // No Comments

At my last writing my son was 16 days from leaving for boot camp. Well, he is still here. Things were changed, timetables rearranged, and yes, even his MOS changed, AGAIN. He is now leaving next Sunday! Everything is in... Continue reading →

Bad News – Good News

by cynthia // January 13, 2013 // 3 Comments

Last night my son called and said, “Mom, can you meet for lunch tomorrow, I haveÂ somethingÂ I want to tell you face to face.” Well, you can imagine that my mind started going crazy with all of the things it could... Continue reading →

Enlistment Update

by cynthia // October 20, 2012 // 2 Comments

Well it has been a few weeks since my son decided to become a Marine. What has life been like for him since then? Well, he has to call his recruiter, and check-in every Tuesday. Then, every Saturday Â all of... Continue reading →

Recruiter – Part II

by cynthia // September 21, 2012 // 2 Comments

Well, I met with my sonâ€™s recruiter yesterday. The meeting could not have gone any worse. My son told me at dinner on Sunday night he was going to â€œtalkâ€ to a recruiter. Now, I knew that my son had... Continue reading →

The Recruiter

by cynthia // September 17, 2012 // 1 Comment

Today this all becomes real. Today is the day my youngest son heads to the recruiter’s office to talk to them about signing up for the United States Marine Corps. Am I nervous, you bet. Am I scared, you bet.... Continue reading →