Dear all,
As most of you know, I am in the proses of changing careers, and at 43 that isn't easy. I have been working in casinos for 24 years, and have come to a stage in my life where I can no longer tolerate how these monstrosities impact on the local communities. If you want to know more please ask and I will tell you personally.
I have been offered a position in Johannesburg at Sun International head office as a "One Sun' facilitator. One Sun is a concept in customer relations and brand alignment for Sun International. This is a fabulous opportunity for an old man like me and one I can not pass up. (Sorry Desire, but I need to do this regardless).
The reason I am writing this is to tell you all that my time here will be extremely limited to around an hour or so a day. My itinerary for the next year is horrible, 16 hour days mostly. We have to reach every single employee in the company in 12 months and there are three of us.
I will speak to each of you separately about this as I do not want my girls to think that I am leaving them, I AM NOT. I will just be very quiet.
So many of you have been so wonderful to me, and I love you all equally.
I will miss writing everyday and hosting comps, I will miss laughing and joking with all of you. It seems impossible that I have only been here since February as this is my home and you are my family.
I will try to speak to each of you as much as I can, I promise.
I will be starting there in 2 weeks and in the interim I will be winding my time down here in Bloemfontein and spending time with family and friends in real life as I will miss them to, I will be leaving my life in Bloem and only be coming home for weekends, you can imagine the strain on my marriage that will create. Therefore when I am home I need to dedicate time here with my family, I have my eldest daughter coming to join myself and Jacqui soon and I want to give her everything I couldn't after my divorce.
Just wanted to say thanks and let you know that I love you and I will be here if and when I can.
Char, Luna, Abby, Emmy, Kari, Genna, Krystal and Molly.
I will always be your daddy and I will promise to try my best to either speak to you or leave you a message every day. Mommy will be here and can contact me.I will give you all my e-mail address so if you need me you just call. You can call me anytime and I will get to you as soon as I can and help you.
Kat...Thank you so much for everything, we have spoken at length about this already and I know you understand.
Jacks and Dave...My two Twins...I love you guys and will be sending my detail to Jacks anytime you need me Jacks ANYTIME!, Dave I will see as much as pos over the weekends.
Nyetta, Linda, Julie, Shanna, Desire, Criss, Margaret, JoJo,Clari, Milie, Karen Jet, Dorie...All of you my Sisters and all of you I love dearly ...thank you so much for the hours and hours of fun we have had together.
Nyetta and Linda..... Goona miss you two, look after each other and know that I love you both very much!
Julie, Thank you for being there and knowing my heart, you are very special and if I ever come home, I will be coming for that cup of tea.
Shanna, My heart will be with you the whole time my sister. I will pray for your recovery and know that I love you.
Milie..Study hard and never stop writing, Keep healthy and speak to me as much as you can on yahoo.
Jet..gonna miss messing around with you, I love you sis you make me smile!
Desire..I know you think that this is the wrong move for me but I need to go and find out. Opportunities come rarely at 43 and even more rarely when you are white in an African country. I will do my utmost to keep my work life and my family life balanced and I will continue to carry on helping my friends and family here. I love you my sister and thanks for being my ground!
Donna, Thank you for the limited time we shared, you are a special person and know that I really enjoyed your company and warmth.
Well that is about it....if you want to know more please ask authough my time here will be shorter and shorter as the days count down.
Simon...
Adding your comment:
love you brother mine!! 
like the lame butt I am. 
