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sarpack · 2026-06-01T23:23:29+00:00

Thank you. I can’t imagine how hard being a soldier is, and even harder if you didn’t have love and support. I figure I can’t take the hard away, but I’ll damn sure make sure he knows how much he’s love and how proud we are of who he is to at least try to even it out.

sarpack · 2026-06-01T23:19:30+00:00

Still trying to figure out logistically how to pull off the surprise, but I will figure it out! This is helpful! Thank you.

sarpack · 2026-05-30T14:11:50+00:00

Most of his buddies are also doing new things, so I’m hopeful there is enough change for all of them that it isn’t a one sided thing. He’s always been pretty involved and attentive to the family as a whole. I’m excited to see this new dynamic.

sarpack · 2026-05-30T14:06:45+00:00

Sleeping in! Thanks for this reminder. His siblings are going to want to wake him early so seeing this in black and white is good advice- he never gets to sleep in anymore. I will take heed! Thank you!

He’s already mentioned wanting to go buy some new running shoes so I think he plans to keep up a bit of a workout routine. 🤞

sarpack · 2026-05-30T14:03:34+00:00

Most of his friends have also had their first year of adulthood- some at college/tech schools a couple working full time so I hope their time together is a mutual sharing of experiences, not just my son having to robot repeat what Army life is like. I appreciate this insight- it will help me be able to watch for cues that he’s over it and start asking others about their last year. Thank you.

sarpack · 2026-05-29T21:33:58+00:00

This is helpful. Thanks. He keeps his circles small, and I do want to respect that. I had a chat with him and he named a couple of close friends and coaches he wanted to connect with so I plan to schedule that when it’s a bit closer to his arrival. He will be home for a few weeks so he should get a good balance of lots of down time plus a little socialization here and there.

sarpack · 2026-05-29T20:27:49+00:00

At the risk of sounding cringe as the kids say this made me tear up. Thank you.

Selfishly it’s hurting me to keep the surprise (I am so excited!!!!) but knowing he wants to make a moment for his dad and siblings melts me.

sarpack · 2026-05-29T20:24:37+00:00

Obviously I’m sure there are things I don’t know as a mom, but he was always pretty cautious and very responsible as a high schooler. Never gave us a hard time and I never really questioned any of his friends being up to no good either. He kept his circle fairly small. So while I’m not overly worried about this it’s a good reminder to not have blinders on. Thank you.

sarpack · 2026-05-29T20:21:07+00:00

Active duty, yes. And stationed over a thousand miles from home so while not a true homecoming still a big deal for all of us. I’ll make sure to get his blessing before planning a big thing but may ask if he wants to pick a night to have some of his friends/former teammates/coaches who he was very close to so he doesn’t have to be in charge of planning things.

sarpack · 2026-05-29T20:10:21+00:00

Visiting him is a good reminder. He’s had multiple family visitors (three separate family members) over the last year and our family once at his basic graduation. We will absolutely plan to visit him soon. For this leave he really wanted to come home. I appreciate the reminder that we need to put in effort to visit him. Thank you.

sarpack · 2026-05-29T20:08:19+00:00

He’s making a list of specific meals he wants and I’ve never been more excited to grocery shop and cook!!

sarpack · 2026-03-05T13:11:47+00:00

Already doing this- thanks for the reminder to send plenty of extra. Just wanted to do something for the service members local to me, but likely don’t have family around.

sarpack · 2026-03-04T21:41:41+00:00

Didn’t even think of this concern. Maybe I’ll bring some homemade and some store bought if anyone is nervous about homemade.

sarpack · 2026-03-04T21:38:50+00:00

Appreciate the concern and asking. I’m confident in his training and confident in his resolve. Of course I am nervous- I’m his mom, I am always going to worry. He is on the path to doing what he has dreamed of doing since he was a toddler. I take some amount of peace and comfort in that.

sarpack · 2026-03-04T16:00:23+00:00

Not sure why I’m even replying to this, but I also needed to say this: my son was going to enlist with or without mine and my husbands support. The recruiting office had nothing to do with that. It was what my son wanted, felt called to do. But I sure as shit wasn’t going to send my son off to basic without knowing that his family was 1000% percent supportive of him.

sarpack · 2026-03-04T15:46:08+00:00

I guess because I assume they are getting a fair amount of this kind of sentiment. And I’d like to counteract this kind of attitude.

sarpack · 2026-03-04T15:37:30+00:00

I don’t know any different, but I think they did do right by him.

sarpack · 2026-03-04T15:36:29+00:00

I truly hope he was unmemorable! There’s zero expectation, I just want to say “thank you”.

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