Day before I-day

I think @THParent is suffering from bacon withdrawal šŸ˜.

Those tears will be replaced by tears of pride and joy during PPW some weeks later. I remember DM crying only twice before I left ā€“ when her dear mother passed and when Dad said, ā€œItā€™s time to take him to the airport.ā€ With no real airport security measures back then, DM and DD waited at SFO until the plane was pushed back from the departure gate. I was happy to see them PPW. I know your plebe will be happy to see you too. Continue spoiling your plebe- to- be until then. The best of luck to your family, and to those parents in the Class of '26 that may be experienceing similar emotions. Cheers!
 
Glad to know that Iā€™m not alone in feeling the emotions roll in big time!
Perhaps itā€™s time to start a new thread titled ā€œCountdown to PPWā€
Go Navy, beat Army!
 
WT Door said:
Those tears will be replaced by tears of pride and joy during PPW some weeks later
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This. 100%.

We had our Welcome Aboard 2026 and NAPS 2023 last week. The Board members spoke and introduced themselves. My gig for the club is Plebe Parent Mentor.

What I told them, and they don't believe just yet, is that no matter how much you miss them, no matter the worry and absence, and lack of communication; no matter how horrible their grousing and complaining is: your tears will turn to tears of pride. You will cry when the National Anthem plays, you will cry when you see someone in uniform. You will cry when you see the tiniest glimpse of your kid in a picture, in Shipmate, or on social media.

When you see your 1st noon formation (that your kid hates since basically, MIDN are fish in a bowlšŸ˜‚ ), you will need tissues.
Then, just wait for your first Color Parade, march on, the moment inside Bancroft with your now proud Plebe showing you around, and introducing you to friends and mentors. Or my personal favorite, standing in our living room while the anthem is played during the Army Navy game, and then we sing second. JOY!

When you see how happy they are with their friends, their major, their research projects, their pursuit of their selected service, all of those things bring tears of pride and happiness because you know, as DM and DD that you raised an exceptional young adult who is pursuing their dream.

High fives all around.
 
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Heatherg21 said:
This. 100%.

We had our Welcome Aboard 2026 and NAPS 2023 last week. The Board members spoke and introduced themselves. My gig for the club is Plebe Parent Mentor.

What I told them, and they don't believe just yet, is that no matter how much you miss them, no matter the worry and absence, and lack of communication; no matter how horrible their grousing and complaining is: your tears will turn to tears of pride. You will cry when the National Anthem plays, you will cry when you see someone in uniform. You will cry when you see the tiniest glimpse of your kid in a picture, in Shipmate, or on social media.

When you see your 1st noon formation (that your kid hates since basically, MIDN are fish in a bowlšŸ˜‚ ), you will need tissues.
Then, just wait for your first Color Parade, march on, the moment inside Bancroft with your now proud Plebe showing you around, and introducing you to friends and mentors. Or my personal favorite, standing in our living room while the anthem is played during the Army Navy game, and then we sing second. JOY!

When you see how happy they are with their friends, their major, their research projects, their pursuit of their selected service, all of those things bring tears of pride and happiness because you know, as DM and DD that you raised an exceptional young adult who is pursuing their dream.

High fives all around.
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Thank you for this words. Itā€™s hard to fight the tears in front of her, because I know sheā€™s fighting the tears back as well We are trying to keep busy with friend, family, movies, shopping anything literally that will distract us from thinking on that moment Iā€™m going to miss her like crazy.
Last night we went for dinner at a neighborhood restaurant that DD and I go frequently, I told her that I would not go back unless sheā€™s with me, and I meant it! How could I. People is going to look at me weird while I eat my sirloin steak crying incensantky
I appreciate the words, this should pass
 
Rarely27 said:
Thank you for this words. Itā€™s hard to fight the tears in front of her, because I know sheā€™s fighting the tears back as well We are trying to keep busy with friend, family, movies, shopping anything literally that will distract us from thinking on that moment Iā€™m going to miss her like crazy.
Last night we went for dinner at a neighborhood restaurant that DD and I go frequently, I told her that I would not go back unless sheā€™s with me, and I meant it! How could I. People is going to look at me weird while I eat my sirloin steak crying incensantky
I appreciate the words, this should pass
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Pm me if you need anything. Iā€™ve been there done that. Even left a cart at Walmart and ran out sobbing over some uncrustables. Happy to help.
 
Rarely27 said:
Thank you for this words. Itā€™s hard to fight the tears in front of her, because I know sheā€™s fighting the tears back as well We are trying to keep busy with friend, family, movies, shopping anything literally that will distract us from thinking on that moment Iā€™m going to miss her like crazy.
Last night we went for dinner at a neighborhood restaurant that DD and I go frequently, I told her that I would not go back unless sheā€™s with me, and I meant it! How could I. People is going to look at me weird while I eat my sirloin steak crying incensantky
I appreciate the words, this should pass
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Also it is all normal!!!!
 
Rarely27 said:
I appreciate your kindness very much! You will definitely hear from me within the next few weeks
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Hey, your MIDN is my MIDN and in the end, I bet you do very well and need less than you think.
That being said, Iā€™m here. I had my tribe that helped me, my parent club was my go to and I found my person there. They get you and what you are experiencing. No matter how much your regular college friends love you, they wont get this. Thatā€™s what parent clubs and MIDN moms are for.
 
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Heatherg21 said:
Hey, your MIDN is my MIDN and in the end, I bet you do very well and need less than you think.
That being said, Iā€™m here. I had my tribe that helped me, my parent club was my go to and I found my person there. They get you and what you are experiencing. No matter how much your regular college friends love you, they wont get this. Thatā€™s what parent clubs and MIDN moms are for.
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Most definetily my parents club has been amazing. Iā€™m sad, of course , but itā€™s a great feeling to know what she has able to achieve so far, it was not easy, itā€™s weird that I cry but relief myself thinking on the future sheā€™ll have (in Godā€™s will). Oh the places sheā€™ll go!!
This forum has been a lifesaver, the answer to many of my questions even prior to her appointment when, uncertainty attacked. Youā€™ll hear from me soon. Thank you
 
Heatherg21 said:
Hey, your MIDN is my MIDN and in the end, I bet you do very well and need less than you think.
That being said, Iā€™m here. I had my tribe that helped me, my parent club was my go to and I found my person there. They get you and what you are experiencing. No matter how much your regular college friends love you, they wont get this. Thatā€™s what parent clubs and MIDN moms are for.
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And I should add, MIDN dads, too. :)
 
Heatherg21 said:
Hey, your MIDN is my MIDN and in the end, I bet you do very well and need less than you think.
That being said, Iā€™m here. I had my tribe that helped me, my parent club was my go to and I found my person there. They get you and what you are experiencing. No matter how much your regular college friends love you, they wont get this. Thatā€™s what parent clubs and MIDN moms are for.
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100% agree with this. We are all here to support each other!! Happy to help as well!! You can send us a message. I got through it last summer with all my moms from the parent group. Last night I was talking to my girl and we were discussing how much she has accomplished in 1 year! Itā€™s truly mind blowing!!!
 
I saw someone saying running over the bridge on this forum. Any good places to go for a run the night before in town?
 
By bridge, do you mean over the USNA bridge that goes from beyond Gate 8 over the Severn to the WW2 l memorial? Or the drawbridge that goes from City Dock over the creek into Eastport? The latter is probably better for a casual run. Mids do it quite often, as it takes you into a couple of neighborhoods. Itā€™s not too hard to string together a few miles through there.
 
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