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.

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Can a childless actress portray a mother?

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British Actress Anne Reid was quoted recently in the Telegraph as saying that childless actresses cannot portray mothers because they don...

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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Complete Without Kids author interview

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Ellen L. Walker, a psychologist practicing in Bellingham, Washington, is the author of Compete Without Kids, an Insider's Guide to Child...

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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

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Today I'm interviewing Ellen L. Walker, Ph.D., author of the new book Complete Without Kids: An Insider's Guide to Childfree Living ...

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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Oh Jo, Say It Ain't So

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When I was growing up, Jo March in Little Women was my heroine. I wanted to be a free-spirited writer like her, right down to the boyish hai...

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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Mothering my husband, continued

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My last post, on taking care of my husband, who has Alzheimer's Disease, generated some great comments. Thank you to all. I don't wa...

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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Mothering My Husband

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My husband has Alzheimer's Disease. He has lived in nursing homes for almost two years now. Over the New Year's weekend, he was in t...

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Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Longing for the Sleeping Child

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As darkness descends over Highway 20 on my way home from Albany, it's pretty, with soft gray and medium gray sky, gray-green trees and s...

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About Me

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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