I ambled through the international terminal at Sydney Airport, beside Suzie. We paused in the queue to check in for her flight. “You...

I pulled up my car under Greg and Natalie’s carpark, parking it and switching off the ignition before opening the door and stepping out....

“Happy wedding anniversary,” Mum wished Natalie and Greg as they appeared on the other side of the screen door. Dad opened the door,...

The fireworks burst into the black sky, above the city buildings. My hand slipped onto my lower abdomen, in safety due to the darkness of...

Geoff was standing in the kitchen with the phone in his hands, having just ordered takeaway for our final night in Port Macquarie. I was...

I was lounging around on the small porch of our Shoal Bay apartment. My mobile phone rang and I reached across to the plastic table,...

Our car pulled up in the driveway of Uncle Carlos and Aunty June’s home. Above us, the deep green leaves of the tall, bare gumtrees...

When the music started, the wedding guests rose to their feet. Geoff grasped my hand as Hagar, the first of nine bridesmaids, ambled down...

Once I returned home, I called Jumilah, to check in on the day before the wedding and thank her again for inviting us. “Hello, Jumilah...

The late afternoon summer sky was absent of clouds, an expanse of pale blue that stretched all the way to the horizon. Beyond it, the...