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.

Monday, May 30, 2011

I'm a widow?

›

As you probably know by now, my husband, Fred, passed away April 23 after a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease. It's hard to belie...

2 comments:

Friday, May 13, 2011

Lost in the Land of Kids and Mommies

›

I taught a writing workshop last night at the local intermediate school and found myself in a foreign country. Having never had children, I ...

Friday, May 6, 2011

Sometimes Stepchildren are All Right

›

When I married Fred, he had three children from his first marriage. The youngest was 8 and the other two were teenagers. As with most of us,...

3 comments:

Surviving Mother's Day

›

Dear childless friends, the Mother's Day assault is on. In the course of three minutes of channel surfing the morning shows, I came acro...

4 comments:

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Prayer

›

Dear friends, My husband Fred passed away yesterday after a long struggle with Alzheimer's Disease. I have been competing in the Poem a...

8 comments:

Forgive my absence

›

Dear friends, Please forgive my recent silence. My husband passed away yesterday. I will be back here with new posts soon. Sue

Monday, April 11, 2011

Toddler on the altar

›

At church yesterday, I shared the podium with a woman about my age and a tiny girl with pigtails. I was singing the psalm while the Grandma ...

‹

›

Home

View web version

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.

View my complete profile