My son leaves for boot camp tuesday the 14th of june and its killing me!!!!!!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Gil on June 17, 2011 at 8:19pm

Wow, the heart of a true father!! Be strong and stay strong, the next 8 weeks are going to be tough because of the mistery of not knowing much about the progress of your son from your son, but in this page you will find the comfort to hold together..that's what happened to me..lol.  Keep yourself busy, brag a lot about your son and PRAY!!..He needs your prayers and trust me in 8 weeks you will see a new man in him.  Hooyah!

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Permalink Reply by James L. Henderson on June 22, 2011 at 9:57am

Tony, my youngest son left for the Air Force last year and my wife and I were beside ourselves until we saw him at graduation from BMT. It will get better once you hear from him, which usually takes a few weeks. I think mostly we just want our kids to be happy, safe and to know that they are getting along OK. Once you hear that he is OK and is happy it will begin to ease up. My oldest son left for the Navy the week before yours did and this time it is much easier, because we have been through it before. Don't think of him as being gone forever, he isn't, he is just growing up. Write to him, be positive to him, and support him, and when you see him at graduation you will be so proud that the hurt will go away.

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Permalink Reply by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on June 24, 2011 at 7:45am

Tony--how is it going?  One week down...not really that much time left when you start to look at it that way!!!

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