Is it just me or does everyone hate goodbyes?
This is going to be my last column for the Sunshine Coast Daily, for a while at least.
It’s not really a planned finale. The Daily is about to go through some very exciting changes and since I’ve been boring you all stupid about an alleged book I’m supposedly writing, I thought it would be a good opportunity to exit quietly.
I know for some people this is news too good to be true. Hopefully at least a couple of you are crying in your cornflakes.
In particular, I’d like to thank my friends and family who have spent the last seven and a half years shivering with anticipation every Saturday morning, petrified their antics may have been grossly exaggerated and committed to print in a cheap Caroline “anecdote”.
I’d also like to thank you. Together, we’ve been through quite a bit don’t you think? And there’s no doubt we’ve learned some pretty good stuff.
For instance, don’t let your four year old near scissors with her best friend, together they will probably cut off her hair.
Don’t criticise your family in Western Australia for their poor present buying record. Chances are someone they know will be visiting Caloundra that weekend and happen to see their names in the paper.
Don’t forget any of your children’s birthdays. Invariably it causes them to have a very good memory.
Don’t leave your four year old alone in a Mazda. There’s a good chance she’ll whack it in drive and knock down the school fence.
Hold onto your bathers top when running on the beach. Even small unimpressive breasts are best left encased.
If, during work drinks, you’re prone to bouts of unbridled honesty, stop going.
If you’re a husband and your wife writes a newspaper column, get out now.
I don’t want to sook, but I’ve been amazed by the generosity of readers. Like Alasdair from Caloundra who worked closely with my father in law 40 years ago and wrote me the most incredible letter after Bill died. Charlie Frame, the old soldier who wrote me his entire life story, just because he thought I might enjoy it. And the beautiful letters when our beloved babysitter Meg was tragically killed.
Like I said, we’ve been through a lot together.
And, for anyone who thinks they might like to continue learning from my mistakes, http://www.isitjustme.com.au/ will be up and running very shortly. It’s a new caper called a web log or ‘blog’ which means you’ll be able to track my daily ramblings and let me know in no uncertain terms whether it really is just me.
In the meantime, thank you again and be good, I’m going to miss you.
Is it just me can be heard Weekdays 92.7 MIX FM thanks to Sunshine Coast Mazda.
It’s not really a planned finale. The Daily is about to go through some very exciting changes and since I’ve been boring you all stupid about an alleged book I’m supposedly writing, I thought it would be a good opportunity to exit quietly.
I know for some people this is news too good to be true. Hopefully at least a couple of you are crying in your cornflakes.
In particular, I’d like to thank my friends and family who have spent the last seven and a half years shivering with anticipation every Saturday morning, petrified their antics may have been grossly exaggerated and committed to print in a cheap Caroline “anecdote”.
I’d also like to thank you. Together, we’ve been through quite a bit don’t you think? And there’s no doubt we’ve learned some pretty good stuff.
For instance, don’t let your four year old near scissors with her best friend, together they will probably cut off her hair.
Don’t criticise your family in Western Australia for their poor present buying record. Chances are someone they know will be visiting Caloundra that weekend and happen to see their names in the paper.
Don’t forget any of your children’s birthdays. Invariably it causes them to have a very good memory.
Don’t leave your four year old alone in a Mazda. There’s a good chance she’ll whack it in drive and knock down the school fence.
Hold onto your bathers top when running on the beach. Even small unimpressive breasts are best left encased.
If, during work drinks, you’re prone to bouts of unbridled honesty, stop going.
If you’re a husband and your wife writes a newspaper column, get out now.
I don’t want to sook, but I’ve been amazed by the generosity of readers. Like Alasdair from Caloundra who worked closely with my father in law 40 years ago and wrote me the most incredible letter after Bill died. Charlie Frame, the old soldier who wrote me his entire life story, just because he thought I might enjoy it. And the beautiful letters when our beloved babysitter Meg was tragically killed.
Like I said, we’ve been through a lot together.
And, for anyone who thinks they might like to continue learning from my mistakes, http://www.isitjustme.com.au/ will be up and running very shortly. It’s a new caper called a web log or ‘blog’ which means you’ll be able to track my daily ramblings and let me know in no uncertain terms whether it really is just me.
In the meantime, thank you again and be good, I’m going to miss you.
Is it just me can be heard Weekdays 92.7 MIX FM thanks to Sunshine Coast Mazda.
2 Comments:
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It has taken me sometime to write this...and probably because I was very annoyed that you would no longer be writing for the paper. But I accepted it and thought that I would be fair...all I can say is the Sunshine Coast Daily has not only removed the most wondeful entry into their paper each saturday but the entire thing is now a shambles. It lacks the heart pulling stories (such as the death of your babysitter) which myself, my mother and all the other women in my family cried over but also the day to day experiences of raising children, homes and husbands. Most of which we find sometimes difficult to talk about and there you were putting pen to paper and making us laugh, cry and be grateful for what each of us have....Over the years I even cut out some of your stories and placed them into my diary!!
Some people just make a difference in a very simple way. Thank you, you did to mine when I needed it.
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