Moments from Suburbia

Tall Girl arrives downstairs looking dazed and confused. She is impatient to move and isn't liking the boredom of her current job which ...

We're all hopping up and down with anticipation here. Well, when I say 'all' I really mean Tall Girl and I as Small Sprog can on...

Small sprog is overly excited about the potential of spending 24 hours on the ferry, he's full of noise and can't keep still in the ...

 Yep, 2 weeks ago we had an amazing valentines weekend, everything went to plan, it was very special and packed with memories. And yet, I ca...

I am sitting at the kitchen table the night after the party. Small Sprog was 16 yesterday - yep, you read it right, 16! Out of both the ch...

Its nearly Christmas and it doesn't seem that many years since Small Sprog was buzzing about with excitement singing wall to wall Christ...

I've had a lot of time at home recently and I've been so lucky that, until this week, the weather's been beautiful. And then tod...

'Jonathan has a new girlfriend' Says Tall Girl to Mum, making conversation 'she comes from Catalonia' she continues 'Oh...

Small Sprog has been off school - he does a good 'dying duck' act and I'm never sure how ill he really is! Anyway, after 4 days ...

I went to see Mum in hospital today. I have to say she's looking much brighter and the anaesthetic seems to be almost out of her system....

How long should I expect my mother to 'mother'? Am I being unreasonable? I mean, should mothers give up when you get married, have c...

"What would happen if this finger was cut off?" Says Tall Girl pointing to her wedding ring finger. I give her the sort of look I ...

'I'm meeting friends' he says nonchalantly 'can you give me a lift to town - we're going dress shopping' he throws i...

So, we are sitting at the dinner table, we are half way through our meal and the previous conversation has come to a natural end when Small ...

...which is lovely and reassuring. We decided not to go anywhere in the holidays, partly because Small Sprog won't fly and partly beca...

Tonight I should be writing my 'learning journal' - yep, homework from my counseling course - every week I have to journal about the...

The future, such a slippery thing yet, it continues to flow undisturbed through time and with it we flow too, not knowing what it holds. We ...

I don't think I've ever managed to post on Christmas Day but that's probably got something to do with never having spent Chris...

Sitting at the dinner table - our usual place for interesting discussion, I revel in our evenings together, we laugh lots, and as usual Smal...

So, it's September, no October already and as usual everyone starts to look towards December and Christmas. Mum is usually the first per...