A whole month of steps forward

I can’t believe that I started this blog a whole month ago. OK it’s 30 days to be exact: however, the blogging challenge that I started to coincide with launching The Canbace Diaries with a 30-Day Blogging Challenge and not a … Continued

CREATING our new more social canbace life

I expect like many people in our situation Andrew and I completely retreated into our shells. We accepted fewer and fewer invitations and invited fewer people to spend time “chez nous”. The path to our hermit-like existence was like a … Continued

EXISTENCE can be hard until healing builds momentum

In last week’s “EXISTENCE can be hard” I wrote about healing being like a snowball. It starts off quite small and may take time and persistence to grow any bigger. Then it reaches a “tipping point” and the momentum takes … Continued

Courageous Canbacer Saalumarada Thimmakka

As part of last year’s World Childless Week, I published a guest blog about being “Childless in Indian Communities” for someone who didn’t have a platform of their own. Later in the week we provided a link about a childless … Continued

AND now for some puppy love

Many people who are Canbace/CNBC have fur kids that they adore: Andrew and I are no different. Each puppy is very different and shows their love in different ways. They have helped us through the bad times when our infertility … Continued

BEAUTIFUL perspectives on my inner flamingo

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When I was about 10 I was given a small record player of my own: mum had found one cheap on a second-hand stall and thought it would make a great present for me as I neared my teenage years. … Continued

NEW(s) and Reviews 24th July 2018

There are two items in this week’s New(s) and Reviews both of which are projects close to my heart. I hope you are inspired by them too. NEW(s) and Reviews #1 Many of you will know of Fiona Tate and … Continued

I was wrong to think about IVF with a 10-year-old’s brain

In two day’s time Louise Brown will be celebrating her 40th birthday! Although I was not quite 11 when Louise was born I do remember all the “fuss” about the first IVF baby. Having a sister who was five years … Continued

The snowball nature of healing

Yesterday I left you at the moment of experiencing my first “WOO HOO HOOO I’m going to be a grannie” announcement. I’m going to continue that blog now as I don’t want the ink to dry too much before completing … Continued

EXISTENCE can be hard without snowballs

At the end of last week’s “Existence can be hard” I left you with the thought that there are positive consequences of being caught out by the same snake twice. To keep my promise, this week I’m going to look … Continued