What My Marine in the Making Looks Like
When my son left for boot camp on May 1st, this is what he looked like Yesterday, a video was posted of my son’s platoon. The video was taken on Thursday (July 26th.) This is what my son looks like...
View ArticleThe Moment We’ll Never Forget
There are so many things to tell you about these past two days, but for now, I will share with you the first moment we saw our son for the first time in three months. More to come soon…
View ArticleA Video of Our Journey. We Are so Grateful. We Are So Proud.
Over two months ago, I kissed my son goodbye and left him to begin his journey to become a Marine. The first few days of his absence were the most difficult days I’ve faced as a parent. I cried too...
View ArticleThe Man I’ve Raised.
Our son has been home with us for twelve days. Having him home here with us has been wonderful. We’ve gone out for pizza with friends. We’ve gone out to breakfast. We’ve gone thrift store shopping....
View ArticleAnother Goodbye. (Goodbyes Suck.)
After seventeen days, Andrew’s leave ended today. We left the house at 6am and just a few hours later, I was saying goodbye in a parking lot. As I walked around the car to give him a goodbye hug, I...
View ArticleA Simple Request
Andrew recently graduated from Military Combat Training at Camp Pendleton. We were going to drive out for his graduation ceremony and would get to spend a couple of hours with him before he was...
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