The Military Wives: Wherever You Are – Louise’s Story

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The Wives Military. The Military Wives: Wherever You Are – Louise’s Story

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Even when he does get a chance to ring, it may just be a two-minute call when the sub has surfaced. You can get loads into such a short conversation, but afterwards, when I put the phone down, I feel it. But I never try to prolong it: if the sub has surfaced for a couple of hours and there are 130 men all wanting to use the phone, I totally get why I can’t stay on the line. I hang up when he says he has to go.

He always leaves early in the morning, usually around 5 a.m., depending on the tides. Whenever he’s away I put a shoebox in the kitchen for the children to collect anything they want to send him. They collect their school paintings, photos of places they’ve been, small gifts for their dad. I tell them to write a date on everything. Before I pack it up and send it I may sort it out a bit – our son Harrison will write the date on a stick the dog has been playing with, or a pebble he’s picked up, and put it in the box. We send letters and parcels to an address in Britain, and they are forwarded on to ports where the sub is due to dock, although I never know where.

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