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Lest We Forget: Remembrance Day 2012 FAMILY, from page 18 And although the standard of living is much lower, and the level of danger markedly higher, than that in Canada, he also saw similarities. “I didn’t really find too much of a difference in the way people lived,” he said. “People are going about their business. They’re going to work, going to school—Kabul University is thriving from what I’ve seen—people going grocery shopping, kids going to elementary school. Just people living, doing their thing, just like we do here. Of course the difference being they’ve got the insurgency to worry about.” Which, of course, Poulton also had to concern himself about when he left the confines of Camp Eggers. “Everyday, you go out, you don’t know what’s out there,” he said. “You don’t know what’s going to happen.” Poulton would tell Sherrilynn that he was going on “errands.” He’d check in when he could, but he also told her to check the mission’s Facebook page. After all, as the guy who ran the site, every new post was a signal that he was safe and sound.
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Because you cannot help, you cannot deal with things, you’re stuck out there. So you’re out there doing your job but you’ve also got to worry about what’s Strong support network for families happening at home. And that family Of course, worries run both ways. support network helps ease that.” Fortunately, just as Sherrilynn knew her Sherrilynn, who is involved with the husband had support in Afghanistan, Mainland BC Military Chris says soldiers are Families Resource blessed with a strong “Everyday, you go Centre, had met for support network for out, you don’t know coffee with other their families back in spouses before Chris’s Canada. what’s out there.” deployment. “It’s important that “It really helped people understand Capt. Chris Poulton being involved with that it’s the support of them beforehand,” family and friends and she said. “When he Canadians in general did go away, it’s like you have another that make it easier for service members family.” to do the things that they need to do,” But many soldiers from other counPoulton said. tries don’t have such resources at home, “That’s so key,” he continued. “Witha fact that dismays Poulton. out that family support, it would cer“Because we have that support nettainly make things much more difficult.
work for families, it makes it a whole lot easier.” Like culture shock coming back Now that he’s home, Poulton has several months off before returning to work in Vancouver. After a transition home that included working half-days last week, Poulton finally got the chance to unwind last weekend with Liam’s football game and then, on Sunday, a chicken and ribs barbecue dinner. Sherrilynn says it has been surprisingly easy to slip back into the old family routines. Chris agrees, although, he notes that there have been some adjustments to make on the return to Canada. For one, after enduring the anarchy of Afghan roads, Chris says the commute to Vancouver suddenly seems much less stressful. “It’s like culture shock coming back here,” he said.
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