Summary
"I Think you shut off. You get relatives saying, 'have you seen the news?' but at those times you concentrate on the children rather than the newspapers. As long as no-one is knocking at the door I know he's all right. You have to play it like that."
Coping with the fact that her husband has to go away to dangerous places for long periods of time is something 39-year-old Jane Sweeting, from Sandbach, has had to harden up to. Her children Jessica, aged 13, Kyran, aged 10, five-year-old Daniel and four- year-old Matthew have too.See the full content of this document
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Precious Time for Army Dad
But at Christmas, and on other special occasions like birthdays, it's even harder - and last Christmas was one of the toughest.
Twenty-seven-year-old corporal Lea was one of the Staffords who spent Christmas Day involve...See the full content of this document
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