Hello my blog is about my eldest son Michael who just joined the Navy, Me and my wife are kinda worried coz even he chose to joint the Navy he wanted to be a medic or corpsman as his assignment he wanted to joint the service since he turned 18 but we said no coz he wanted to enlist to the Marines or Army and you know they are the first line of defense at any war, So as any parents we did not want that for him, but he really wanted to so we told him ok if you wanted to enlist just enlist to the Navy at least we know he will be safer, but no he chose to be a medic and I talked to some of the Navy personnel that being a medic is he might be with the Marines or Army even he does not carry any weapons but still he is in the frontline with them for support, scary for us huh? It will not be for at least a year but a year is faster than a month for scary parents like us. He is at booth camp at Chicago Great Lakes for 3 weeks now and his only complain is they only take showers once a day sometimes none and he takes showers at least 3 times a day and the shouting he said is louder than mine lol well at least he was trained lol again, but there is a plus the food is great that what he said but still craving for Filipino food or our cooking, booth camp he said is hard they train from 6am till 9pm just doing the same thing over and over again, the only time they get is every Sunday to write or call family but my Michael he hates writing he rather have a conversation than write, We miss him a lot people say that you won’t feel that if you always see him but if his not around that’s the time you will say, hey even sometimes you have an argument or sometimes he wanted to do what he wants when he was still around you’ll just think why did you just don’t let it be? Did I push him to enlist? Am I to strict? Am I to protective? He is still my baby even his already 21 Hay Nako…..well at least I did my part he grew up respectful to elders to me to my wife he is still Filipino in mind and heart not Americanized he even kiss us in the cheeks every time he leaves or come home from work or school he is not shy to do that in front of his friends even they tease him his quote to his friends ‘that’s how I love and respect them” kakataba ng puso ano po…I’ll post his graduation pictures soon, he graduates this August Until next blog
