Well" had to say good bye for the second time, just saw him a couple a days ago (Michael) And i already miss him like crazy, I think the second good bye was harder I wanted to bring him home and show

[MIKE GONZALES]

Well" had to say good bye for the second time, just saw him a couple a days ago (Michael) And i already miss him like crazy, I think the second good bye was harder I wanted to bring him home and show him off a little to Family and Friends before A school, It's amazing how much he changed in boot camp I mean the confidence i saw in him was awesome ,So he leaves to A School today (Pensacola) and the rumor at PIR was there is a 2 month back up,In fact a lot of his Buddy's that were supposed to go with him to Florida were told at the last minute there staying put (Great Lakes) for A School so i guess my son got lucky, The bummer is if the rumor is true i may not get to see him for16 Weeks instead of 8 weeks so if anybody can shoot me some info on what to expect i would appreciate it.

[NavyDads Admin (Paul)]

keep the faith Michael it could be a lot worse....my Tiger Cruise last week was the first time I've seen Eric in a year. Richard, who was also on the cruise hadn't seen his son David in two years.....I haven't seen daughter Kat since she deployed last March. This is all part of the Navy journey and it makes you sure appreciate e-mail and letters. Sending out lots of care packages gave me alot of connection to my sailors....there are a bunch of posts and the Care Package group to start you on the thought process of what to send.............