Big Dell's biggest asset!
Is it just me or does everyone believe in redemption?
I think Wendell Sailor shocked a lot of people a couple of years ago when he tested positive for cocaine use.
Tonight the 33 year old makes his return to top grade NRL – playing for St George Illawarra against the Bronco’s.
There’s a great story in the Sydney Morning Herald today about Wendell’s wife Tara - and this is where redemption is important.
Tara has born the brunt of Wendell’s crime. As his wife and the mother of his kids she had to continue turning up to school with a smile on her face, nurse him through his despair and generally keep things running.
In an interview she has admitted that when St George-Illawarra first wanted to sign big Dell – she lost it. Tara says she was on auto pilot, just keeping things together…and the moment
Wendell started to get excited about his future…she admits that was when she went ballistic – a bit of the how dare you get your normal life back – how dare you get to be the big man again?
She says she knows it was irrational – because more than anything she wanted Wendell back in NRL….but I get it.
I think she’s good and strong and has proven to be a fantastic support for her flightly bloke….certainly no trophy wife.
So tonight, when Wendell takes the field I won’t be cheering for the Dragons but I’ll certainly be cheering for Tara.
I think Wendell Sailor shocked a lot of people a couple of years ago when he tested positive for cocaine use.
Tonight the 33 year old makes his return to top grade NRL – playing for St George Illawarra against the Bronco’s.
There’s a great story in the Sydney Morning Herald today about Wendell’s wife Tara - and this is where redemption is important.
Tara has born the brunt of Wendell’s crime. As his wife and the mother of his kids she had to continue turning up to school with a smile on her face, nurse him through his despair and generally keep things running.
In an interview she has admitted that when St George-Illawarra first wanted to sign big Dell – she lost it. Tara says she was on auto pilot, just keeping things together…and the moment
Wendell started to get excited about his future…she admits that was when she went ballistic – a bit of the how dare you get your normal life back – how dare you get to be the big man again?
She says she knows it was irrational – because more than anything she wanted Wendell back in NRL….but I get it.
I think she’s good and strong and has proven to be a fantastic support for her flightly bloke….certainly no trophy wife.
So tonight, when Wendell takes the field I won’t be cheering for the Dragons but I’ll certainly be cheering for Tara.
posted by Caroline Hutchinson at 6:41 AM
2 Comments:
Well said Caroline...you really have to be a woman to understand such a thing. Not that I am saying that Wendall is a bad husband...I have no idea of what type of man he even is, but I understand how his wife needed to be to get the family through such a difficult time. And I can absolutely identify with her reaction.
It is well said Caroline. Personally I did not agree with the fanfare that surrounded his return, but i do believe in forgiveness, lets hope he makes a fist of it this time around...is it just me? or was the broken jaw, Karma at work? His wife has done a great job.. as do all wifes and mums out there, it's a roll that a man will never comprehend. Tara just needs to identify where that emotion came from, she should congratulate herself, pat herself on the back, let Wendall take the fanfare, he will need it..afterall he is a man - and we all believe in redemtion don't we?
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