She has left for basic, trying to get used to it!!

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Comment by Rich Daniels on July 5, 2013 at 9:21am

Things are going much better we got our first phone call on Sunday June 30th, it was 15 minutes and I thought that was pretty good!!! Its getting easier but the July 4th holiday was sure different, this was the first year without my daughter and the first year without my older brother sure made for a weird holiday!!! I feel like we will make it I have been writing letters and like everyone else they are therapeutic for her and me so I'm gonna keep writing!!! I hope the phone call helped her as much as it did Mom & Dad!!

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on July 4, 2013 at 3:43pm

how's things going Rich?

Comment by Hello2u on June 19, 2013 at 8:08pm

Congrats!  writing letters and looking for Inspirational qtes helps alot, I even created a scrap book, ,,,, I stalked Facebook Recruit Training Command daily, just to get a glimpse of a pic of him, where God gave me a gift.  I got a beautiful pic of him in formation in his digitals!  a picture taken at random, better than winning the lotto I say! :) He graduated BC in Feb, and recently Graduate Dive Prep.  Hooyah!!!

Comment by Harold Wilson on June 19, 2013 at 7:27am

fill your pain man.  My son left on the 11th.  First few days where tough but it gets easier.

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on June 17, 2013 at 2:16pm

you'll have your tough moments, but there are a couple of things to remember: 1) the 8 weeks will go by far faster than you think they will, 2) nearly everyone on the site has been though this process- don't hesitate to vent or ask questions---- the more you know the less concerned you'll be, and the most important, 3) when that roll up door in the drill hall goes up for PIR you'll see it was all worth it!!!!