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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 182692" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>LOL Terry...I AM the mom of a military kid and I AM resourceful! </p><p></p><p>When Jamie was in boot I had a similar matrix of what he was doing each day and had it printed out. I had it hanging on my wall above the computer and as I would write to him I would talk to him about what would be coming up in the next week or so. I had read so many books about what it was like to be in boot camp that I almost felt like I was there with him. </p><p></p><p>When he went through the Crucible...which is similar to the Army's Victory Forge, I didnt eat or sleep any more than they did. They get by with 3 MRE's and 6 hours of sleep in 2 days and a half days. At the end of the Crucible they can finally call home for the first time since they left for boot...I swear I waited until I heard from him to lay down...lol.</p><p></p><p>It really is all worth it. When you see her graduate all this worry and heartache will take a back seat. Its almost like giving birth. The pride you feel that day will be more than you even felt the day she graduated high school. I promise. That day I spent in the hot Parris Island sun...in June of 2003...will forever be etched in my memory.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 182692, member: 1514"] LOL Terry...I AM the mom of a military kid and I AM resourceful! When Jamie was in boot I had a similar matrix of what he was doing each day and had it printed out. I had it hanging on my wall above the computer and as I would write to him I would talk to him about what would be coming up in the next week or so. I had read so many books about what it was like to be in boot camp that I almost felt like I was there with him. When he went through the Crucible...which is similar to the Army's Victory Forge, I didnt eat or sleep any more than they did. They get by with 3 MRE's and 6 hours of sleep in 2 days and a half days. At the end of the Crucible they can finally call home for the first time since they left for boot...I swear I waited until I heard from him to lay down...lol. It really is all worth it. When you see her graduate all this worry and heartache will take a back seat. Its almost like giving birth. The pride you feel that day will be more than you even felt the day she graduated high school. I promise. That day I spent in the hot Parris Island sun...in June of 2003...will forever be etched in my memory. [/QUOTE]
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