Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Find comfort for the childless here

Dear friends,
It's the second anniversary of my husband's death. Although I promised myself to stay zen about it, the memories and grief are weighing me down today. So I'm going to share a few things off the web that give me comfort.

TheNotMom.com tells us about a new report by a Harvard researcher that shows there are more households in the United States without children than with. So if you don't have kids, you are not out of the ordinary. The report itself is a little harder to understand, but you can read it here.

There's a new book out by comedian Jen Kirkman called I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales From a Happy Life Without Kids." It sounds like fun. They're talking about it on The View today. 

Finally, I have probably mentioned it before, but the Gateway-women gallery of childless role models at Pinterest can keep you reading all day about marvelous, beautiful women who never had children. By the way, I'm in there, and I'm thinking: what should I do with my hair? :-)

Have a wonderful day.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Prayer to you today Sue.

Anon S.

Sue Fagalde Lick said...

Thank you, Anon S. I appreciate your constant support.

Dorothy said...

Its been a few days since your post. Hope you are feeling better today. Thank you for being such a blessing to your husband when he really needed you.

Please find someone to hug today. Here's a big cyber embrace from me until then. God bless you.

Sue Fagalde Lick said...

Dorothy, thank you. I am feeling much better. Last night I stayed up late writing about my husband, and it helped a lot. I slept beautifully and feel ready for the world today.

Becky said...

Just saw this post. Praying for your peace. You are such a blessing. Thank you for passing on the Pinterest board.

Anonymous said...

There are so many days that are difficult in this life aren't there?

So glad you found writing helpful. Hope your days are continuing to be good ones and you have some nice things planned to look forward to.