children – Page 2 – Iain Douglas Stewart

A musing on children, growing up and adults

By Iain 2 February 2014Films/TV, Reflections, VideogamesNo Comments

I've touched on this before, but I don't really class myself as an adult - I certainly don't behave like one. Or do I? My perceptions of what being an adult were formed when I was a kid. Now I am all grown up (in physical terms at least), am I not an adult simply because I don't act how…

Jane bought a new car

By Iain 13 June 2010ReflectionsNo Comments

She did! Traded in her old one and got a nice new one. A three year old ex-mobility Peugeot (it's hardly got any miles on it compared to how old it is), and it's lovely. So much roomier than her old one, I can actually sit upright in the passenger seat, and it'll be ideal for when we have kids.…

Ten years

By Iain 31 May 2010Music, Reflections, Videogames8 Comments

Ten years ago to this very day, Jane and I decided to become a couple. It seems like less, maybe six or seven years, but it's been the best ten years of my life. She is beautiful, and I love her so much. I can't begin to contemplate what a horrible direction my life would have taken if it weren't…

Moon Juice and Marriage

By Iain 30 May 2010ReflectionsNo Comments

We went to Maggie and George's house today for the after-wedding Barbecue - the purpose of which was so that everyone who was not invited to David and Katie's Wedding itself could celebrate their happy occasion. The rain stayed away, and although it was a bit windy, it was a lovely day for being outside. We arrived early, and my…

I’m not the same person I was seven years ago

By Iain 11 April 2010Reflections2 Comments

I went back and re-read this post the other day – it was most enlightening. I was so sad back then, I look back and it’s genuinely hard for me to recognise my own writing. I mean, I know it’s just words on a screen, it’s not hand-written, but it’s hard for me to see that it was me.