Still in the game

Hey, don't forget about me! I want in too!

But, seriously, Roseville, you hit it on the head. It is the vision that lingers and is hard to erase. My DS applied to stem in 2011 and went in summer of 2011 - our first visit to the yard. He spent a week there, sleeping in Bancroft Hall, going to classes with the academy's professors...it was magical. The following year in September 2012, he was invited as a junior to a CVW to spend a weekend there. It was the weekend of a big football game against VMI and several reunions. We met a ton of alums at our hotel and the parades, formations, pep rallies and school spirit were...again magical. Then in 2013, he went to NASS, needless to say, he loved it. Each time, we visited, we stayed in different hotels, ate in different restaurants, walked the town endlessly, took boat tours, shopped for souvenirs and got to know Annapolis well. We walked the yard endlessly, visited the church,the sailboats, John Paul Jones tomb, the cemetery, got lost a few times but by now know where everything is. Even though, I knew this was a tough numbers game and probably better odds we wouldn't get in, the vision persisted. Intellectually, I know he will do just fine wherever he winds up but the vision haunts me. Thanks for letting me go on...love you guys!
 
Prepswimmom said:
Congratulations and best of luck. Make the most of the gift you have been given.
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I know emotions are high and disappointment great, and my heart breaks for each young man and woman receiving the TWE.

However, to those who have received an appointment, please don't say they received a "gift."
Like your sons and daughters, they too have worked very, very hard. For some, that door of a SA opportunity opens. For others, that door opens somewhere else. We all are responsible to make the most of everything that we are given in this life.
Pursue it with a passion, is my motto.

But please, it's not a gift.
 
andzgrl said:
I know emotions are high and disappointment great, and my heart breaks for each young man and woman receiving the TWE.

However, to those who have received an appointment, please don't say they received a "gift."
Like your sons and daughters, they too have worked very, very hard. For some, that door of a SA opportunity opens. For others, that door opens somewhere else. We all are responsible to make the most of everything that we are given in this life.
Pursue it with a passion, is my motto.

But please, it's not a gift.
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I didn't mean "gift" in the sense that you didn't earn it...I am sorry if it came across that way. Every opportunity in life is a "gift" from God - some we work hard for others are simply a gift.
 
Wanted to check-in from VA-02 and say I'm still on the island. I don't know what to make of it though because since I've applied I really shifted my mind to USAFA and it almost solidified when I received an electronic BFE. I don't think I can make an informed decision though until I hear from USNA, and really USCGA as well.

Hang in there everybody!
 
The posts about gifts brings to mind an essay DS wrote about desiring to serve out of gratitude for the life of privilege he feels he has been given. Whether he receives a BFE or TWE, I am grateful for this process just to know that about him.

Last night DS pitched an entire game lights out to an upset win. It was so great to see him and his friends so happy. Today, a day we expect to get 2-4 inches of snow before it turns to rain, he headed to school in his Summer Seminar sweats as I was folding a Navy teeshirt coming out of the dryer. Is today the day?
 
kayaker said:
The posts about gifts brings to mind an essay DS wrote about desiring to serve out of gratitude for the life of privilege he feels he has been given. Whether he receives a BFE or TWE, I am grateful for this process just to know that about him.

Last night DS pitched an entire game lights out to an upset win. It was so great to see him and his friends so happy. Today, a day we expect to get 2-4 inches of snow before it turns to rain, he headed to school in his Summer Seminar sweats as I was folding a Navy teeshirt coming out of the dryer. Is today the day?
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Good luck Kayaker - I hope he gets in.
 
Once again the mail has come and gone with no news from USNA. For those of you with the TWE, at least your stalking days are over and you can move forward. As each day passes the trips to the mailbox get more and more stressful. At this point in the game very few appointments remain and we are losing hope as each day passes. Until tomorrows mail.......
 
Congratulations mb1395! Wonderful news.
Roseville you have described the exact feelings that I have been struggling to comprehend since yesterday when the TWE arrived. I know each of us who are off the island and have begun to paddle to new shores and our children will succeed. However, I would love to be part of a reapply thread if that is what the future holds. On a positive note, those of us who are off the island for now, we can take comfort in knowing that our children will be stronger having gone through this experience. We also have the ability to motor to the liquor store now. I feel a trip is in order. Good luck to those still on the island!
 
spelly said:
Congratulations mb1395! Wonderful news.
Roseville you have described the exact feelings that I have been struggling to comprehend since yesterday when the TWE arrived. I know each of us who are off the island and have begun to paddle to new shores and our children will succeed. However, I would love to be part of a reapply thread if that is what the future holds. On a positive note, those of us who are off the island for now, we can take comfort in knowing that our children will be stronger having gone through this experience. We also have the ability to motor to the liquor store now. I feel a trip is in order. Good luck to those still on the island!
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spelly, be a dear and grab me some tanqueray, tonic and lime while your out would you? :cool:
 
No news here in PA.

Was told yesterday my file was very strong.

Parents, if you think this is tough on you, imagine how it is on us.
 
Best of luck to you futuremid2018! This process is torturous but may be good practice for what's to come. We are still on the island in AR. Glad to see some :) and lols today. Prayers for all still on the island and those moving forward with plan B.


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Count me in! We may need to start with a ceremonial drink or three.

I think this whole process ropes you in to obsession level. It's hard to shift gears with the delivery of one little envelope. Even though this dream prepared our kids for some amazing plan B's, it will take some time for us parents to jump on that new bandwagon. The kids are, thankfully, more resilient and quicker to adapt. I am very thankful for this forum and the hourly therapy it provides!
 
Dial the gate said:
Count me in! We may need to start with a ceremonial drink or three.

I think this whole process ropes you in to obsession level. It's hard to shift gears with the delivery of one little envelope. Even though this dream prepared our kids for some amazing plan B's, it will take some time for us parents to jump on that new bandwagon. The kids are, thankfully, more resilient and quicker to adapt. I am very thankful for this forum and the hourly therapy it provides!
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I think you're right, Dial-the-gate! The kids are resilient.

I was thinking also that as human beings we crave tangible signs/acknowledgements of our efforts, and perhaps one of the more difficult things for us is that this interminable, challenging, extraordinary, year-long process (which does not even count all the preceding years of hard work and dreams...) can end with a small, ordinary envelope and piece of paper. It just doesn't seem proportionate that that is all there is to "show" for a whole year of striving.

Of course the reality is that what has been gained is not visible, but we all know it's there. I KNOW this process was a wonderful growing, learning experience for DS - and he seems to know it, too, which surprised me. (THe interviews, the organization, the planning, the physical prep, the writing, etc., etc., etc., ad infinitem...you all know.) THAT is what is to show for the last year, it's just that we can't "see" it. I think that may be why those darned TWE's are so insulting, somehow.
 
We are still in the game. DD is enjoying the bliss of not knowing while visiting France with her French teacher and some classmates. I however am very addicted to this thread, and want to know what is the status of everyone here.
It has brought back a lot of memories of doing this for DS a couple years ago. I was the parent who visualized the large USNA window decal on the back of the family SUV and when the TWE came, it was disappointing to think it wasn't going to be there. Understand the way we all have mental pictures of our DD's and DS's but just know, the picture can still happen, just maybe a year later than we were expecting.
 
Still in the game in Northern VA. And it's still snowing!
 
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