ITS HERE

IT CAME! IT CAME! I was waiting again by the mail box, well almost.
I heard the mail mans truck and waited, trying to be patient.
Walked out to the mail box and slowly walked up my driveway flipping through the mail, and I saw them!! I started skipping and hopping up the drive telling Bryan as I walked in the door, "Its here!" The form letter and a real letter! woo-hoo

As you can imagine I was very excited and nervous!

As I have been reading on-line from other parents,
describing their kids first letters home. How they were so upset and

that they made a mistake, they were homesick and wanted to come home,

They hated it. That they missed them etc. ect. .
- So when I read Erica's almost first line, I started laughing and crying,

she says "The first week wasn't as bad as I thought'
I yelled 'that's my girl' and high fived Bryan!!

So here's what she had to say minus the miss-spellings, of course :)

"Dear MOM,
I have very little time, The first week wasn't as bad as I thought,
but the Drill Instructors are tough. The first day I was yelled at because
of my slowness, but luckily I caught on.
I love you and I'll see you in 69 days.
Passed with 12.15 YAY " (she has to run 1.5 miles in less than 15 min.

she says she's slow,

hence she was pleased with her time.)

" Love, ERICA ANN"

"P.S. I have to say Parris Island is much hotter.
I miss you very much and I'm thinking of you
and Bryan everyday.. ^..^ "
_
Got her form letter from the Marine Corps and a form letter from her Drill Instructors,
stating what she can not have no food or candy what so ever.

Any way get those letters to me soon , they tell me we need to write as much as possible.
Photos can be on your letter, they just can not have nothing naughty.
Please send your letters to me:

dar66@msn.com

And I will get them out asap.

Thanks for your thoughts and prayers.

written by:darlene r.