Childless by Marriage

In a society where parenting is expected, some of us do not have children because our partners are unable or unwilling to make babies. That's what this blog and my book, Childless by Marriage, are about. The book is available now in paperback and as a Kindle e-book. Here on this blog, let's talk about what it's really like.

Friday, December 26, 2008

On our own and free

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I expected to spend Christmas curled up crying because we had no family around, just the pups, but it was surprisingly enjoyable. At one poi...
Saturday, December 20, 2008

Can you talk about it?

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Tiffany Lee Brown wrote a great article for Oregon Humanities about how her friends and relatives don't seem to want to talk about child...
Friday, December 12, 2008

Tidbits for the Christmas stocking

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The holidays can be tough for folks dealing with childlessness. We're surrounded by advertising showing happy families with lots of kids...
Friday, December 5, 2008

I Didn't Know How

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My stepdaughter Gretchen took offense at recent postings referring to her. She was hurt that I didn't use her name, although I was simpl...
Friday, November 28, 2008

Holidays and stepchildren

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Another Thanksgiving survived. This year, instead of driving to California, we stayed home. We truly expected it to be just Fred and I and t...
Saturday, November 22, 2008

Thanksgiving looms

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We had a nice visit last week with Michael, the stepson who lives in Portland. It was brief, and he got off work too late to make it to my r...
Monday, November 17, 2008

The phone sits silent

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"Hi Dad, how are you doing?" Tonight, as I do every week between dinner and "Dancing with the Stars," I will call my 86-...
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Sue Fagalde Lick
South Beach, Oregon, United States
I'm a full-time writer/musician and dog mom. Lifelong Californians, my husband Fred and I moved to the Oregon Coast in 1996. I spent many years working on newspapers before moving to full-time freelancing. My books include Shoes Full of Sand, Stories Grandma Never Told: Portuguese Women in California, The Iberian Americans, Azorean Dreams, Freelancing for Newspapers, and Childless by Marriage. Info at http://www.suelick.com/Products.html. My most recent book is Childless by Marriage. You can read an excerpt at http://www.suelick.com/Childless-by-Marriage-Excerpt.html or find out more about childlessness at my resource page, www.suelick.com/Childless.html. Email me at sufalick@gmail.com.
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