Letters to the Editor
FORGET ME NOT
● Winning letter
After reading Colin’s column (NZWW, September 11), I thought about my hardest goodbye. I was newly married 51 years ago and my then-husband and I were so full of thoughts of adventure with our lives ahead of us. A job opportunity came up and we decided to emigrate to New Zealand. We told our parents and even though I couldn’t see it at the time, they were devastated at us leaving but never once did they say, “Don’t