Gosh , I didn't think I would be so choked up but I am so proud of her. She looks good in her uniform (tho I will never get used to how fast she consumes a meal nowadays) and she is sooooooooo glad to be out of basic. She is off to Buloxi, Mississippi at midnite. Watching them all march and swear in really brought a swelling in my heart but watching her walk off for the last time with her back straight and never looking back was almost more than I could bear. Of course I watched until she was no longer in site with her lifes review playing in my mind the entire time. When she learned to walk, when she learned to play music, when she had her first date and when she went off to college..........and everything in between those times . She will always be my baby no matter how old , but yesterday , when she walked with her back erect and her military stride, I realized I had just released a young woman into the world , and a good one too. I pray she never has to see war duty as I am sure every mom and dad there did as well. I wish they had given her time to come home before shipping out but it was not to be. I think I shall always remember what she told me. "I need to be a part of something that is bigger, that matters." "I never realized how much I loved my family until now." I can't think of any other two things she could have said to me that could have been more honoring to me or to this country. I am very proud of her and elated that she found a direction but at the same time I feel pretty low, I know that this too shall pass. I began missing her before she was ten steps away from me. Never again will I think of the Riverwalk in San Antonio without relating it to her, it is where we spent her only day off base. A mothers heart........both a blessing and a curse. Evie please pray that she have strength, focus and spiritual integrity.

You should be very pround of your young lady. It does this old heart good to see that so many young men and women volunteer to serve their country. There is nothing greater, that any one can do in this life. And my hat is off to each and every one of them and my prayers and hopes also, go with them. I do believe that maybe we aren't going to hell in a hand basket after all. shadlock wrote: > > Gosh , I didn't think I would be so choked up but I am so proud of her. > She looks good in her uniform (tho I will never get used to how fast she consumes a meal nowadays) and she is sooooooooo glad to be out of basic. > She is off to Buloxi, Mississippi at midnite. > Watching them all march and swear in really brought a swelling in my heart but watching her walk off for the last time with her back straight and never looking back was almost more than I could bear. > Of course I watched until she was no longer in site with her lifes review playing in my mind the entire time. When she learned to walk, when she learned to play music, when she had her first date and when she went off to college..........and everything in between those times . > She will always be my baby no matter how old , but yesterday , when she walked with her back erect and her military stride, I realized I had just released a young woman into the world , and a good one too. > I pray she never has to see war duty as I am sure every mom and dad there did as well. > I wish they had given her time to come home before shipping out but it was not to be. > I think I shall always remember what she told me. "I need to be a part of something that is bigger, that matters." "I never realized how much I loved my family until now." > I can't think of any other two things she could have said to me that could have been more honoring to me or to this country. > > I am very proud of her and elated that she found a direction but at the same time I feel pretty low, I know that this too shall pass. > I began missing her before she was ten steps away from me. > Never again will I think of the Riverwalk in San Antonio without relating it to her, it is where we spent her only day off base. > A mothers heart........both a blessing and a curse. > Evie > please pray that she have strength, focus and spiritual integrity. > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribe from the list: > Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 -- Wild Bill, North Pole, Alaska I started out with nothing & still have most of it left. http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=wildbill

Wild Bill it is good to hear from you. I never thought we were going to hell in a hand basket and I bet you really didn't either. Whitewolf

thanks all. never been in this position before LOL! I appreciate the replies. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wild bill" <farnorth-ak@gci.net> To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 2:54 PM Subject: Re: [BSChat] My baby girl just graduated from basic training at LacklandAFB > You should be very pround of your young lady. > It does this old heart good to see that so many young men and women > volunteer to serve their country. There is nothing greater, that any one > can do in this life. And my hat is off to each and every one of them and my > prayers and hopes also, go with them. > I do believe that maybe we aren't going to hell in a hand basket after > all. > > shadlock wrote: > > > > Gosh , I didn't think I would be so choked up but I am so proud of her. > > She looks good in her uniform (tho I will never get used to how fast she consumes a meal nowadays) and she is sooooooooo glad to be out of basic. > > She is off to Buloxi, Mississippi at midnite. > > Watching them all march and swear in really brought a swelling in my heart but watching her walk off for the last time with her back straight and never looking back was almost more than I could bear. > > Of course I watched until she was no longer in site with her lifes review playing in my mind the entire time. When she learned to walk, when she learned to play music, when she had her first date and when she went off to college..........and everything in between those times . > > She will always be my baby no matter how old , but yesterday , when she walked with her back erect and her military stride, I realized I had just released a young woman into the world , and a good one too. > > I pray she never has to see war duty as I am sure every mom and dad there did as well. > > I wish they had given her time to come home before shipping out but it was not to be. > > I think I shall always remember what she told me. "I need to be a part of something that is bigger, that matters." "I never realized how much I loved my family until now." > > I can't think of any other two things she could have said to me that could have been more honoring to me or to this country. > > > > I am very proud of her and elated that she found a direction but at the same time I feel pretty low, I know that this too shall pass. > > I began missing her before she was ten steps away from me. > > Never again will I think of the Riverwalk in San Antonio without relating it to her, it is where we spent her only day off base. > > A mothers heart........both a blessing and a curse. > > Evie > > please pray that she have strength, focus and spiritual integrity. > > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > > Unsubscribe from the list: > > Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub scribe > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > -- > Wild Bill, North Pole, Alaska > I started out with nothing & still have most of it left. > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=wildbill > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribe from the list: > Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub scribe > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Shadlock, You should type this up and frame it, it will mean a lot to her now and give it to her for a birthday or Christmas present...but think of what it will mean to her in the future and her children. It has brought a tear to my eyes...it is so beautiful. I enjoy seeing parents proud of their children. In watching the news, I admire so much all branches of the military...but I hate to see them in Harms Way. But they are mature and professional, beyond their years...the teamwork is phenominal...it almost looks choreographed. Eleanor shadlock wrote: > > > > Gosh , I didn't think I would be so choked up but I am so proud of her. > > She looks good in her uniform (tho I will never get used to how fast she consumes a meal nowadays) and she is sooooooooo glad to be out of basic. > > She is off to Buloxi, Mississippi at midnite. > > Watching them all march and swear in really brought a swelling in my heart but watching her walk off for the last time with her back straight and never looking back was almost more than I could bear. > > Of course I watched until she was no longer in site with her lifes review playing in my mind the entire time. When she learned to walk, when she learned to play music, when she had her first date and when she went off to college..........and everything in between those times . > > She will always be my baby no matter how old , but yesterday , when she walked with her back erect and her military stride, I realized I had just released a young woman into the world , and a good one too. > > I pray she never has to see war duty as I am sure every mom and dad there did as well. > > I wish they had given her time to come home before shipping out but it was not to be. > > I think I shall always remember what she told me. "I need to be a part of something that is bigger, that matters." "I never realized how much I loved my family until now." > > I can't think of any other two things she could have said to me that could have been more honoring to me or to this country. > > > > I am very proud of her and elated that she found a direction but at the same time I feel pretty low, I know that this too shall pass. > > I began missing her before she was ten steps away from me. > > Never again will I think of the Riverwalk in San Antonio without relating it to her, it is where we spent her only day off base. > > A mothers heart........both a blessing and a curse. > > Evie > > please pray that she have strength, focus and spiritual integrity.

Evie, thanks for sharing this glorious experience! I choked up just reading it! I know how proud you are. Sounds like you have done an excellent job as being her mother. Kudos to YOU too!! Patsy in the Golden State Wine Country

You brought a tear to the eye of this old soldier. Whitewolf ----- Original Message ----- From: "shadlock" <shadlock@brightok.net> To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 11:58 AM Subject: [BSChat] My baby girl just graduated from basic training at Lackland AFB > > Gosh , I didn't think I would be so choked up but I am so proud of her. > She looks good in her uniform (tho I will never get used to how fast she consumes a meal nowadays) and she is sooooooooo glad to be out of basic. > She is off to Buloxi, Mississippi at midnite. > Watching them all march and swear in really brought a swelling in my heart but watching her walk off for the last time with her back straight and never looking back was almost more than I could bear. > Of course I watched until she was no longer in site with her lifes review playing in my mind the entire time. When she learned to walk, when she learned to play music, when she had her first date and when she went off to college..........and everything in between those times . > She will always be my baby no matter how old , but yesterday , when she walked with her back erect and her military stride, I realized I had just released a young woman into the world , and a good one too. > I pray she never has to see war duty as I am sure every mom and dad there did as well. > I wish they had given her time to come home before shipping out but it was not to be. > I think I shall always remember what she told me. "I need to be a part of something that is bigger, that matters." "I never realized how much I loved my family until now." > I can't think of any other two things she could have said to me that could have been more honoring to me or to this country. > > I am very proud of her and elated that she found a direction but at the same time I feel pretty low, I know that this too shall pass. > I began missing her before she was ten steps away from me. > Never again will I think of the Riverwalk in San Antonio without relating it to her, it is where we spent her only day off base. > A mothers heart........both a blessing and a curse. > Evie > please pray that she have strength, focus and spiritual integrity. > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribe from the list: > Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Evie, Thx for sharing about your daughter and her graduation! I'm sure you're proud of her and equally sure that she will have the focus and direction that she needs. It sounds like she's already got a great start on it! Best, SueB http://www.cdbaby.com/suegilmore

HEY!!! she is my neighborhood! I live just north east of Biloxi! Rhonda ----- Original Message ----- From: "shadlock" <shadlock@brightok.net> To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 1:58 PM Subject: [BSChat] My baby girl just graduated from basic training at Lackland AFB > > Gosh , I didn't think I would be so choked up but I am so proud of her. > She looks good in her uniform (tho I will never get used to how fast she consumes a meal nowadays) and she is sooooooooo glad to be out of basic. > She is off to Buloxi, Mississippi at midnite. > Watching them all march and swear in really brought a swelling in my heart but watching her walk off for the last time with her back straight and never looking back was almost more than I could bear. > Of course I watched until she was no longer in site with her lifes review playing in my mind the entire time. When she learned to walk, when she learned to play music, when she had her first date and when she went off to college..........and everything in between those times . > She will always be my baby no matter how old , but yesterday , when she walked with her back erect and her military stride, I realized I had just released a young woman into the world , and a good one too. > I pray she never has to see war duty as I am sure every mom and dad there did as well. > I wish they had given her time to come home before shipping out but it was not to be. > I think I shall always remember what she told me. "I need to be a part of something that is bigger, that matters." "I never realized how much I loved my family until now." > I can't think of any other two things she could have said to me that could have been more honoring to me or to this country. > > I am very proud of her and elated that she found a direction but at the same time I feel pretty low, I know that this too shall pass. > I began missing her before she was ten steps away from me. > Never again will I think of the Riverwalk in San Antonio without relating it to her, it is where we spent her only day off base. > A mothers heart........both a blessing and a curse. > Evie > please pray that she have strength, focus and spiritual integrity. > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribe from the list: > Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub scribe > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Rhonda, Just might have you check in on her if you are ever in the neighborhood........you could be a cyber mom spy LOL! I think she will like it once she gets there and I plan to go and see her soon. Hey, what is the temp like there in the summer? Evie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hummingbirdsings" <richardsrs@earthlink.net> To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 9:10 PM Subject: Re: [BSChat] My baby girl just graduated from basic training at Lackland AFB > HEY!!! she is my neighborhood! I live just north east of Biloxi! > Rhonda > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "shadlock" <shadlock@brightok.net> > To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 1:58 PM > Subject: [BSChat] My baby girl just graduated from basic training at > Lackland AFB > > > > > > Gosh , I didn't think I would be so choked up but I am so proud of her. > > She looks good in her uniform (tho I will never get used to how fast she > consumes a meal nowadays) and she is sooooooooo glad to be out of basic. > > She is off to Buloxi, Mississippi at midnite. > > Watching them all march and swear in really brought a swelling in my heart > but watching her walk off for the last time with her back straight and never > looking back was almost more than I could bear. > > Of course I watched until she was no longer in site with her lifes review > playing in my mind the entire time. When she learned to walk, when she > learned to play music, when she had her first date and when she went off to > college..........and everything in between those times . > > She will always be my baby no matter how old , but yesterday , when she > walked with her back erect and her military stride, I realized I had just > released a young woman into the world , and a good one too. > > I pray she never has to see war duty as I am sure every mom and dad there > did as well. > > I wish they had given her time to come home before shipping out but it was > not to be. > > I think I shall always remember what she told me. "I need to be a part of > something that is bigger, that matters." "I never realized how much I loved > my family until now." > > I can't think of any other two things she could have said to me that could > have been more honoring to me or to this country. > > > > I am very proud of her and elated that she found a direction but at the > same time I feel pretty low, I know that this too shall pass. > > I began missing her before she was ten steps away from me. > > Never again will I think of the Riverwalk in San Antonio without relating > it to her, it is where we spent her only day off base. > > A mothers heart........both a blessing and a curse. > > Evie > > please pray that she have strength, focus and spiritual integrity. > > > > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > > Unsubscribe from the list: > > > Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub > scribe > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Blacksheep-Chat-L@rootsweb.com is a wide spectrum Chat List, Topics allowed are almost anything.restrictions are: > Political discussion, religious prosylitizing, and aggressive behavior, any of these topics will result in restricted priveleges. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Is she stationed here? The weather is HOT!! In the mid to high 90s with about 90 to 100 % humidity! Tha sea breeze is the only saving factor. You do need to warn her about sunburn! You can cook down here in 15 minutes! LOL...and that is in Febuary. With the sun reflecting off the salt water it really does not take long and she can be charged and punished for getting a bad burn. Also if you visit bring lots of shorts! But I think you will like Biloxi. It is a lot to do and places to go. you can stay busy and even gamble. Rhonda Walelu Kanogisdi Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking Black Elk ~~ 1863- 1950 Member AICS ~~ MS Chapter http://www.picturetrail.com/hummingbirdsings ----- Original Message ----- From: "shadlock" <shadlock@brightok.net> To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 9:35 PM Subject: Re: [BSChat] My baby girl just graduated from basic training at Lackland AFB > Rhonda, Just might have you check in on her if you are ever in the > neighborhood........you could be a cyber mom spy LOL! > I think she will like it once she gets there and I plan to go and see her > soon. > Hey, what is the temp like there in the summer? > Evie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hummingbirdsings" <richardsrs@earthlink.net> > To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 9:10 PM > Subject: Re: [BSChat] My baby girl just graduated from basic training at > Lackland AFB > > > > HEY!!! she is my neighborhood! I live just north east of Biloxi! > > Rhonda > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "shadlock" <shadlock@brightok.net> > > To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 1:58 PM > > Subject: [BSChat] My baby girl just graduated from basic training at > > Lackland AFB > > > > > > > > > > Gosh , I didn't think I would be so choked up but I am so proud of her. > > > She looks good in her uniform (tho I will never get used to how fast she > > consumes a meal nowadays) and she is sooooooooo glad to be out of basic. > > > She is off to Buloxi, Mississippi at midnite. > > > Watching them all march and swear in really brought a swelling in my > heart > > but watching her walk off for the last time with her back straight and > never > > looking back was almost more than I could bear. > > > Of course I watched until she was no longer in site with her lifes > review > > playing in my mind the entire time. When she learned to walk, when she > > learned to play music, when she had her first date and when she went off > to > > college..........and everything in between those times . > > > She will always be my baby no matter how old , but yesterday , when she > > walked with her back erect and her military stride, I realized I had just > > released a young woman into the world , and a good one too. > > > I pray she never has to see war duty as I am sure every mom and dad > there > > did as well. > > > I wish they had given her time to come home before shipping out but it > was > > not to be. > > > I think I shall always remember what she told me. "I need to be a part > of > > something that is bigger, that matters." "I never realized how much I > loved > > my family until now." > > > I can't think of any other two things she could have said to me that > could > > have been more honoring to me or to this country. > > > > > > I am very proud of her and elated that she found a direction but at the > > same time I feel pretty low, I know that this too shall pass. > > > I began missing her before she was ten steps away from me. > > > Never again will I think of the Riverwalk in San Antonio without > relating > > it to her, it is where we spent her only day off base. > > > A mothers heart........both a blessing and a curse. > > > Evie > > > please pray that she have strength, focus and spiritual integrity. > > > > > > > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > > > Unsubscribe from the list: > > > > > > Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub > > scribe > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > > Blacksheep-Chat-L@rootsweb.com is a wide spectrum Chat List, Topics > allowed are almost anything.restrictions are: > > Political discussion, religious prosylitizing, and aggressive behavior, > any of these topics will result in restricted priveleges. > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Creative use of your delete key is encouraged. 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