Confession Time
I have to confess, I checked DSs portals for AFA and NROTC a couple of times and for all the wrong reasons.
DS has done this process on his own. I have been cheerleader, sounding board when asked, proofreader when asked, etc.
And then the LOA came. I didn't open it. Wasn't even quite sure what it was because it looked suspiciously like a TWE but it was only October! It was a Friday night. DS was out on a date when I went to the mailbox so I called him and he came right home. I will never forget watching him open, read, and process what it meant.
So here's the confession part. I got greedy. Not DS. Me. I couldn't shake the sense of well surely AFA and NROTC want him too. So I checked . Two, maybe three times. What I was doing was wrong on so many awful levels in my mind that I was riddled with guilt and have not checked since.
He has heard nothing from either of those two. He does check regularly as he should.
Last week he received his appointment letter to the USNA. As a mom, do I still think he should be wanted by everyone he applies to? Sure, but the feelings of guilt were too strong and the excitement of watching him open the LOA or call me at work with a voice positively shaking to tell me he had received a NOM and later come home to find the Appointment package leaning against the front floor are priceless memories.
As we wait for word from AFA, NROTC, and his civilian college choices, I won't check again. This is his journey and I am just along for the ride.