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Lesley Ure – Try not to set your expectations too high

Lesley Ure – The concept of stay-at-home Naval wives is changing | Lesley Ure – Wanted children to have stability in one location
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I think it taught us many life lessons and it’s made us into really robust characters and it has made our children into really robust characters.

We … some people will take lessons in life and I’m not saying that it doesn’t feel like you’re breaking at the time, it can do, but some people will take those life lessons and learn from them and make them stronger, or you won’t.

You’ve got choices. You can either take it and run with it or you can’t.

I know it’s really difficult when you’re exhausted and sometimes you can’t see things clearly and you know I have memories of that myself, but just for anyone going through those experiences like, juts try and relax into it, just try and not set expectations too high because it’s just ridiculous and you’re just going to use up an unnecessary amount of energy and you need all the energy you can get so just try and be realistic  with your expectations and give yourself a break (laughs) you know.

 

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Lesley Ure portrait by Julian Winslow for Submariners' Stories Oral History project
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