Thought I would do a blog re Joshuas time at AFC. It may help others in the future of sons /daughters taking this route.

Joshua started at Harrogate on the 8th January 2012 after a 11 month application/selection period. He was so excited to have been accepted and to actually be…

Continue

Well i dont have anyone serving at the moment my father did for mean years and says well i didnt do much i was only a cook, His father my grandfather was also in the forces dont know what. Anyway i am a mum of 4 my oldest has not long turned 16 and is in the army cadets and has been since he nearly 13 and since he join cadets as said he wants to join the army as he loves everything about it well now hes 16 but still has till june at school has come home with all the paper work to join up (i…

Continue

Well Patricks been on his second tour just over a month now and I'm finding it much easier to cope the second time around! I'm not rushing home from work to catch him on Facebook and MSN or suddenly breaking down when he springs to mind. His son is due to be born in January so we're all looking forward to the R&R and seeing the newest addition/future recruit!!

It never gets easier buying the parcels though, apparently he can get toiletries much better this time so decisions decisions… Continue

well we are into our 4th week of our youngest being on his tour , it realy is hard thinking of him being out there , they are never out of our minds for one minute , i m never far from my phone just in case i miss a call from him , it s lovely to hear his voice when he calls , the first call he made , he sounded so down , when i asked him if he was ok , he said he was just tired and it was realy hot . since then he has been moved onto his outpost and things calmed down a bit better and he… Continue

Hi All

I am now starting to feel a bit better than I was last time I was on this. I have sent my first parcel out and a couple of letters :-) My OH's boy's cheered me up yesterday by showing me some funny videos of their dad, it made my day.  Thanks boy's  xxxx