The secret diary of Peter de Villiers’ mum

 

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By trophymaster, 11 Jul 2009 The Crowd is a Roar Pro

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 Boks, Peter de Villiers, Rugby Union, Springboks, Tri Nations

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Just as the heartbreak of our ‘annus horribilis’ (Tri Nations 2008) was starting to heal, it’s returned, with the dark clouds again brewing over the De Villiers home. As granny De Villiers used to say, “don’t promise rain, just more pain.”

And here I sit worrying about Peter and blaming myself for not putting more effort into breast feeding.

It’s a terrible affliction this, parenting an unloved/unlovable son. The shame, the blame … where did it all go wrong?

I’ve spoken to Peter again and I think he’s growing calmer and we’ve, of course, managed to wean him off the Ritalin a bit.

Last year it was God. That thankfully didn’t last as long as his Chuck Norris thing.

Just imagine?

All that money, the wooden rocking horse, the cowgirl hats … where on earth would we have put his God paraphernalia – the harp and “the naked choir of angels”?

This last week I overheard him talking tactics to our peach tree out the back. The peaches have got it all wrong, it seems. They are actually avocados and Peter spent the whole morning painting them green and teaching them “a running game.”

But I’m unsure whether he’s convinced them.

Green is his favorite colour now, cos green is for go!

Peter says if everything is green, that’s peachy, and he’s going to win the Tri Nations because that’s his contribution to the Green Movement. He told me something about a hole, ozone and Al Gore, but I lost him when he was connecting Bakkies Botha to free radicals.

Life as Bok coach, eh? The pressure! I can’t wait for it all to be over.

Bless the Boks, the ozone and free radicals.

Enjoy the fun and game,

Mrs PdV (snr)

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