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Phoenix1 (original poster member #38928) posted at 4:46 AM on Saturday, September 14th, 2013
DS20 is in the military, scheduled to get out in less than a year. Today he calls and tells me they are begging him to re-enlist and are dangling a rather hefty bonus and choice of duty stations. There are even different divisions fighting over who will get him, with each trying to up the ante. He was planning to get out after his enlistment was up, especially after just returning from Afghanistan.
I am proud as a peacock with the strong, honorable young man he has become, and proud that he has risen so high in his commander's esteem that they are begging him to re-enlist (knowing they are under orders to reduce their numbers overall). I have told him as well. Yet with all the unrest in the world the thought of him staying in gives me a very heavy heart. OK, understatement. It scares the crap out if me and I just got over the Afghanistan (right on the Pakistan border) deployment. I will never share my fear with him and will support his choice, but damn it is hard!
He has several meetings next week where he will find out the details of the bidding wars and will decide after that.
My sweet baby boy has grown into an exceptional young man, but I am just as worried about him now as I was when he was a little boy... 
fBS - Me
Xhole - Multiple LTAs/2 OCs over 20+yrs
Adult Kids
Happily divorced!
You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. ~C.S. Lewis~
MovingUpward ( member #14866) posted at 4:49 AM on Saturday, September 14th, 2013
(((hugs)))
Please thank him for his service to our country.
Kajem ( member #36134) posted at 11:38 AM on Saturday, September 14th, 2013
I trust you is a better compliment than I love you, because you may not trust the person you love, but you can always love the person you trust. - UnknownRelationships are like sharing a book, it doesn't work if you're not on the same page.
authenticnow ( member #16024) posted at 12:14 PM on Saturday, September 14th, 2013
DS, you are forever in my heart. Thank you for sharing your beautiful spirit with me. I will always try to live by the example you have set. I love you and miss you every day and am sorry you had to go so soon, it just doesn't seem fair.
jo2love ( member #31528) posted at 6:09 PM on Saturday, September 14th, 2013
ZenMumWalking ( member #25341) posted at 7:53 PM on Saturday, September 14th, 2013
((((Phoenix & DS))))
It's hard - even frightening - to see our children all 'grown up' and making these serious decisions. We just have to trust them to live their life in the way that's best for them. 
Sending you strength.
((((Phoenix & DS))))
Me (BS), Him (WH): late-50's
3 DS: 26, 25, 22
M: 30+ (19 1/2 at Dday)
Dday: Dec 2008
Wanted R, not gonna happen (in permanent S)
Used to be DeadMumWalking, doing better now
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