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Oh how I hate going to the mailbox and there is nothing from my son!!!! I am starting to get a complex.......This had been a very very hard few days for me and with the lack of letters it makes me very sad.....I totaly get that this a busy busy time for them....but was so hoping to hear from him with regards to Initial Drill or something.....I HATE not being able to pick up the phone and call him...... I am so sorry for sounding like a little whiner today.....I just needed to vent and get my sadness out.....its days like today, yesterday and the day before etc etc....that make this so very hard for us here at home.....I know that I need to prepare myself for a slow down in the letters....I know that I have to accept this....just so very hard to do......I hope that everyone in Plt. 2166 is SMASHIN during Swim Week....only 4 more days until they move to CP....Until we meet again...~ Ooorrraaahhh Plt. 2166

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Hang in there sweetie, you'll get something soon. Sorry you are sad today   Its ok to vent...we're allowed!!  We sent something off again today knowing it will be sitting there at MCRD while they're at CP! His daddy finally wrote a letter and stuck in my card with a book of stamps. He will really have something to look forward to after the hardship they all are going to be put through!! Ooh Rah Plt 2166!!!

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THANK YOU Brenda.......I am trying so hard to be strong......Its just some days are harder than other days.....I just miss him so much!!! I miss his voice I miss his hugs I TOTALY miss our conversations as we always had so many....just deep conversations...sometimes 3 hours.....talking about everything and nothing all at the same time!!! I have to keep his door to his room closed because it is too hard to look at it...I haven't even moved anything yet...Everything exactly the way he left it that Sunday morning....I accidentaly called his phone the other day and didnt realize it until I heard his voicemail.....of course I burst into tears!!!! Marquis is my first born so this is a brand new experience for me and whew it is a TOUGH ONE!!!! Makes me want to lock Timmy up and throw away the key!!!! ::
I also sent something off for Marquis today!!! I am hoping that they get it before leaving for CP on Saturday.....And if not he will have a hot and melted protien bar to open!!!!!!!! Timmy sent him something as well....I will keep sending them even with them at CP as I heard that they do still get their mail just not every day.....so I'm going to keep doing what I have been I guess.....The not getting the letters is a tough one as I love receiving them....it helps me feel apart of what he is doing and even if he is simply going on and on about food it's fro him!!! Which his last letter I received oh 4 days ago that was almost all he talked about was food!!!
I do know that you know what I am feeling as I am sure that you are missing Aaron as much as I miss Marquis!!! You seem to be as close to him as I am with Marquis!!! I love that!!!
Again, THANK YOU for listening to my *sniffle* session.....it does help for me to ramble sometimes.....and just the same if ever your feeling low I am always here to listen!!!! So glad we connected Brenda!!! Couldn't have asked for a better friend to go through this with me.....And go through it the same with me as a MOM.......a little different feeling with a BF or husband...mssing them all just the same but a MOM is well you know....... Talk to you soon!!! Ooorraahhh Plt. 2166

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Glad to be here for you and yes I will surely come to you if or when I'm feeling low. Aaron and I, well the whole family are so close. His sissy and him are very, very, close. They're just 20 months apart. When Aaron left on the bus to Dallas, I was trying to be brave and not cry, but she was so choked up she couldn't even spit out what she wanted to tell him, and when he walked away she started the tears flowing which got Meg and I started!! Ok, dammit I just made myself tear up!!

Oh, about the protein bar, Aaron told me in his letter that I can send them, but if I do, I have to send 52 of them. He told me to forget that! To be honest, I don't know what the big deal is?

Well, I'll talk to you later .........tomorrow!    OohRah Plt. 2166!

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Brenda the more and more we talk it would appear that our family dynamics are so very simular...... Timmy and Marquis are the closest that I have ever seen two siblings be....they are 3 years apart but have such a united front and an amazing bond as well...I mean of course they have had their moments where Marquis wants to "kill" his brother but I think every sibling has a little of that.....It's funny that you say that about Aaron leaving on the bus and trying so hard NOT to cry and stay composed.......LOL I am by nature a very emotional person and my boys know this and tease me about it or if watching a movie that they know I will cry out simply come over to me and give me a hug during the "sad" part.....so when his recruiter came to pick him up that Sunday morning everyone thought I was going to be a total basket case and loose it.....surprisingly enough I totaly maintained my composure until the Govt vehichle drove off around the corner...then I LOST IT!!!!!!!!!! I didn't want Marquis to have his last memory of me bawling......but he did save his very last "tight-hold on to me hug" and his very last "I love you" for me!!!! He knew I needed that!!! Timmy misses him a ton I know this but doesn't talk about it too much and my husband well he misses him too but he is a truck driver and is gone all the time anyways so it affects him differently I guess....The boys and I have such a unique and close bond as it is and has been the three of us for the most part all the time.....Tim is and was usually home only on the weekends so there bond is different....they have a bond of course but it is different....I am the one that has always been here with them every single step of everything that they do.....Tim was when he was home but I am sure you see my point....No less of a father as he was out supporting his family and doing what he needed to do, so our bond is a little different....And good lord if I would have seen someone else start crying that Sunday believe me I would have been right there with you bawling regardless of where Marquis was!!! LOL That is all it takes for me to start.....
Uhoh about the protein bar....YIKES....Marquis didnt even ask for it I just took the liberty of sending one....so if that is the case I am sure I will eventually get a letter like that too......Ooppsss.... And I agree with you...what is the big deal...so what if we want to send them a protein bar.....geez.......if the others want them too then write home and tell them to send them!!! .....thats the way I look at it...Damn he is my son I should at least be able to send him SOME KIND of GOODY!!!! .......
I put another letter in the mail today....hope that I get something in return... It would make my day!!! I will let you know if I do!!! I hope you have a wonderful day Brenda!!!! Talk to you soon!!! Oooraahhhh Plt. 2166