The story about a famous pen-friend
Once upon a time a young teenage girl attended a French speaking camp in Sydney on a school excursion.
The girl was part of a group from her country high school, along with lots of students from all over the state.
Many friendships were formed during the week of fun activities, which were aimed at improving their grasp of the French language.
One of her new friends was a boy her age, from Albury who was funny, clever and a bit of a clown.
His name was Richard.
After the camp the girl and the boy started a pen-friend relationship writing numerous letters to each other, in English not French.
After a while the letters dropped off but she never forgot his name and their short-lived friendship.
Years later she started hearing a familiar name in the media, and entertainment worlds, and realised that it was ‘her’ Richard from all those years ago.
These days he is a hard working, well respected and popular actor starring in TV series, on stage and in movies. He is still clever, funny and a bit of a clown and he has made a name for himself in Australia and around the world with this talent.
Every time she hears his name, sees his picture or watches him on the screen she is taken back to that time when he was her pen-friend…and she can’t help but smile 🙂
Deb 🙂
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Well that’s pretty cool Deb. 🙂
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I thought so too! I saw him interviewed for a new series starting tonight on ABC and it made me smile. I decided to write about it as I need all the smiles I can get at the moment 😊
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Good for you. Hope you’re doing okay Deb. Keep smiling. 🙂
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I’m trying hard Miriam. Thanks for support 😊
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Do you still have any of those letters Deb??
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No unfortunately not!
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Wonderful! I think he’s a great actor. I love your story telling here.
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Thanks Desley. I honestly smile every time I see him and think back to that time.
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Great story Deb, keep smiling. Next time he is on stage in Sydney go and crash backstage after the performance and say hi!
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Haha! That might be a bit too much like classic stalker behaviour but I like your style 😊
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Just a little Hi maybe? 😉 You never wrote again to congratulate him?
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No but I did think about it though.
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You should 😉 A little blast from the past coming with a warm smile can only be appreciated, don’t you think?
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Wow, just WOW!
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I know!! How amazing is that little gem of information?
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I just saw this story! That’s fantastic! I bet he would remember you too!
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I don’t know about that!! I certainly do though. He’s really famous and I’m not!!
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You never know! Cool story and memory.
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Richard Roxburgh is one of my favourite actors. I watch anything he is in. This is a lovely post Deb.
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Thanks Jennifer, it was so good to share this one again, after I listened to a podcast with him this week. He’s a great actor as you say!
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What a great story! And a great reason to smile 🙂
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Thanks! It was fun to reminisce 😊
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