No more raising Terri's kids for her....
Is it just me or is everyone going to be glued to channel 9 at 8.30 tonight for the interview with Terri Irwin?
On the tapes Terri says she cannot shake the idea that Steve isn’t dead, that he’ll return home from one of his adventures. Anyone whose ever lost someone they love would know the feeling well…
In an interview with Ray Martin, Terri says "There never has been before and never will be again another Steve Irwin," she said. "Every day he was my prince charming."
She told Barbara Walters, “If I had to do it all over again, even knowing how it ended, I would in a minute."
Ray Martin has said in an interview that Terri is very fragile, needing physical support just to walk around the zoo.
I think Terri is very brave to do the interview at all (considering I blubber at tissue commercials) I can’t imagine how I’d get through it.
I guess she also knows how desperate the world is to hear from her, that somehow hearing how much she loved Steve and feeling some of her pain will make us feel all feel better.
The other big talking point is Bindi and what’s to become of that beautiful girl.
Bindi is on the front cover of New Idea this week, apparently she is the youngest person ever to grace the cover in 104 years of the mags operation…
In an interview today Steve’s manager John Stainton hints that Bindi will pick up her dad’s mantle. He says as all Steve ever wanted was to be Bindi’s co-star…
I know there are people who don’t like that idea (I read the letters to the editor) and as a parent I feel some disquiet too. Surely it would be better for Bindi if she could just be a kid for ten years and storm back on stage at 18???
I know that would be the only way it would work for my kids…but my kids aren’t Bindi Irwin and Bindi Irwin isn’t my kid. Therefore, not only is it NOT MY BUSINESS how Bindi is raised, but that also means I don’t actually know what’s best for her. I’ve met Bindi enough times to know she is an extraordinary little girl and I certainly know Terri enough to trust her parenting instincts.
There are tough times ahead for all the Irwin’s, so before you get out the lap top and fire off another salvo to the editor, remember this… No matter how Terri and the kids choose to go forward, they’re going to need our support to get on with it…
On the tapes Terri says she cannot shake the idea that Steve isn’t dead, that he’ll return home from one of his adventures. Anyone whose ever lost someone they love would know the feeling well…
In an interview with Ray Martin, Terri says "There never has been before and never will be again another Steve Irwin," she said. "Every day he was my prince charming."
She told Barbara Walters, “If I had to do it all over again, even knowing how it ended, I would in a minute."
Ray Martin has said in an interview that Terri is very fragile, needing physical support just to walk around the zoo.
I think Terri is very brave to do the interview at all (considering I blubber at tissue commercials) I can’t imagine how I’d get through it.
I guess she also knows how desperate the world is to hear from her, that somehow hearing how much she loved Steve and feeling some of her pain will make us feel all feel better.
The other big talking point is Bindi and what’s to become of that beautiful girl.
Bindi is on the front cover of New Idea this week, apparently she is the youngest person ever to grace the cover in 104 years of the mags operation…
In an interview today Steve’s manager John Stainton hints that Bindi will pick up her dad’s mantle. He says as all Steve ever wanted was to be Bindi’s co-star…
I know there are people who don’t like that idea (I read the letters to the editor) and as a parent I feel some disquiet too. Surely it would be better for Bindi if she could just be a kid for ten years and storm back on stage at 18???
I know that would be the only way it would work for my kids…but my kids aren’t Bindi Irwin and Bindi Irwin isn’t my kid. Therefore, not only is it NOT MY BUSINESS how Bindi is raised, but that also means I don’t actually know what’s best for her. I’ve met Bindi enough times to know she is an extraordinary little girl and I certainly know Terri enough to trust her parenting instincts.
There are tough times ahead for all the Irwin’s, so before you get out the lap top and fire off another salvo to the editor, remember this… No matter how Terri and the kids choose to go forward, they’re going to need our support to get on with it…
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