Beautiful perspectives on September 2018 has been a bit of a long time coming. This wasn’t because I didn’t have any. It was/is due to exhaustion. The last four weeks have been very “full on”. We had a magazine issue … Continued
I want you to know that it IS OK to wobble: YES even during World Childless Week when you are surrounded by so much love and support. You are only human and humans wobble. Before I write anything else I … Continued
Struggling with your sense of self-worth sucks and is a frequently consequence of being childless not by choice. So it’s lovely to see all the #IAmMe photos that are popping up all over my Facebook news feed and on Twitter. … Continued
Before I share my response to “You don’t know true love until you’ve had a child” I’d like to explore what love, and by extrapolation true love, really is. Love is hormonal, indeed a number of hormones, (something tangible that … Continued
Today is Men Matter Too day in WCW. So why do we matter? Men are sometimes perceived as the second class citizens of the childless not by choice community. We are not vocal, and do not express our feelings as … Continued
POTENTIAL TRIGGER WARNING: I do write briefly about my young god-daughter inspiring me to write some children’s poetry. There are no images in this blog as this is all about the written word! Poetry has always played an important part … Continued
Today is all about writing “letters from our hearts”, specifically letters to our unborn children. Whilst I have written my letter to Grace, I am not sharing it today. Instead I want to align this blog with my Ethos of … Continued
TRIGGER WARNING: Some people may not consider me to be truly Childless Not By Choice because my 7yr old son, Angus, died 22 yrs ago from the severe disabilities that he had from birth. Since my divorce from Angus’ mother … Continued
I can hardly believe where the last year has gone. It’s only seems like a few weeks ago that Andrew and I were working so hard in the background to help make World Childless Week 2017 the success that it … Continued
Following the announcement of the daily themes for World Childless Week 2018 this week’s “New(s) and reviews” was a no-brainer. So, what have we got in store this year? World Childless Week – Monday Facts and Figures: I really enjoyed … Continued