Here he is the day he swore in and left home for the next five years...Oh My...over the last six weeks it has been such a rollercoaster ride...Now let me preface this with the fact that I KNOW that this is where the Lord has my son. I also KNOW that the Lord is with him, that he is in fact drawing closer to the Lord through this, and that the Lord is with me and comforts me through all this...That said: I HAD NO IDEA it would be so emotional for me! I did not get to talk to him at all for five weeks. I got several letters, but that is NOT talking. And then on the day he called me, the minute he heard my voice he began to cry...it was just overwhelming for both of us! He is so much more homesick than he ever expected to be. He made the comment that he has never been away from home this long before. Yep son, I KNOW...and my heart beats every day with thoughts of you...I feel like my thoughts are silent prayers sent up to the ONE who loves us best. He is in some of the most intensive training that a young man can go through right now. The Marines are famous for taking boys and making them into MEN...they call it the Man Factory! I have decided that the reason they don't tell Mothers what they do to our son's there at the Man Factory is because if we Mothers KNEW...there would not be any Marines!!! LOL...On the other hand, I am so stinking proud that I have a son who desires to fight for his country and believes in what America stands for... when I lay in bed at night I wonder how he is ever going to get over his cough without going to the Medical staff, and pray that the Lord will just completely heal him, without having to go to the Dr., (he won't go because he doesn't want to get dropped back a week or two, because then he will miss his High School Graduation, and he really WANTS to walk with his class, in full uniform) I wonder how he gets over his loneliness...does he feel the Lords presence more than ever? Is he making friends? Are his DI's meaner to him than they have to be? How does he deal with them swearing at him on a 24/7 basis? Does he know how much we all miss him? Does he have what it takes to be a Marine? I believe he does, but does he believe it too? I can't even put into words the things I feel...it's just too much...the mixture of pride and pain, laughter and tears, trust and fear, doubt and assurance, oh there is so very much going on in this old head and heart...I JUST MISS MY BOY!!! Father God, PLEASE TAKE CARE OF HIM FOR ME!!! I CAN'T RIGHT NOW...AND I MISS HIM SO... I know You see him, and You know where he is and what he is doing...so once again, I give you my son Ted...Gift of God...He was yours before he was ever mine anyway...But I love him so...Thank you Jesus, I love you too.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
I Miss My Son
Here he is the day he swore in and left home for the next five years...Oh My...over the last six weeks it has been such a rollercoaster ride...Now let me preface this with the fact that I KNOW that this is where the Lord has my son. I also KNOW that the Lord is with him, that he is in fact drawing closer to the Lord through this, and that the Lord is with me and comforts me through all this...That said: I HAD NO IDEA it would be so emotional for me! I did not get to talk to him at all for five weeks. I got several letters, but that is NOT talking. And then on the day he called me, the minute he heard my voice he began to cry...it was just overwhelming for both of us! He is so much more homesick than he ever expected to be. He made the comment that he has never been away from home this long before. Yep son, I KNOW...and my heart beats every day with thoughts of you...I feel like my thoughts are silent prayers sent up to the ONE who loves us best. He is in some of the most intensive training that a young man can go through right now. The Marines are famous for taking boys and making them into MEN...they call it the Man Factory! I have decided that the reason they don't tell Mothers what they do to our son's there at the Man Factory is because if we Mothers KNEW...there would not be any Marines!!! LOL...On the other hand, I am so stinking proud that I have a son who desires to fight for his country and believes in what America stands for... when I lay in bed at night I wonder how he is ever going to get over his cough without going to the Medical staff, and pray that the Lord will just completely heal him, without having to go to the Dr., (he won't go because he doesn't want to get dropped back a week or two, because then he will miss his High School Graduation, and he really WANTS to walk with his class, in full uniform) I wonder how he gets over his loneliness...does he feel the Lords presence more than ever? Is he making friends? Are his DI's meaner to him than they have to be? How does he deal with them swearing at him on a 24/7 basis? Does he know how much we all miss him? Does he have what it takes to be a Marine? I believe he does, but does he believe it too? I can't even put into words the things I feel...it's just too much...the mixture of pride and pain, laughter and tears, trust and fear, doubt and assurance, oh there is so very much going on in this old head and heart...I JUST MISS MY BOY!!! Father God, PLEASE TAKE CARE OF HIM FOR ME!!! I CAN'T RIGHT NOW...AND I MISS HIM SO... I know You see him, and You know where he is and what he is doing...so once again, I give you my son Ted...Gift of God...He was yours before he was ever mine anyway...But I love him so...Thank you Jesus, I love you too.
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Govenor's Picnic and Military Appreciation Picnic
When I went to this Sarah gave out blue star flags to each person who had someone in the Military. I got to tell about my son Ted who is a Marine and my daughter RuthAnn who is going to boot camp on Sept. 22nd. Sarah hugged me and said I was a brave Marine Mama!