Nostalgia [a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for a past period or irrecoverable condition]

So i’ve blatantly rediscovered ‘The Wonder Years’ and frankly I don’t know how i’ve been getting by without it for all these years. It has to be one of the best TV shows I ever did see, and I’m now in the process of downloading all 6 series so that I can watch it all again from start to finish.

I’ve watched several episodes already this week and I really can’t describe the sense of fulfillment and total nostalgic happiness at sitting back and reliving these moments.

I think it’s half to do with how amazing the show actually is but also half of it is because I was such a young kid when I experienced it first time round and I distinctly remember relating to the character of Kevin so much, and thinking it was all so funny and insightful.

Now I watch it again, but this time round I’m a father with kids of my own and have a whole different take on it…. I still relate to Kevin in the same way, but now I can also relate to the parents and see all the things that went straight over my head as a kid. It truly is a great show and twenty years on it is no less poignant and insightful.