Thursday, April 26, 2012

The coldest reaction to childless grief

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"Get over it." That's what his girlfriend said when this man who wrote to me told her he'd have a hard time dealing with n...
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

This Childless Book Gets It Right

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I have mentioned this book before, but I have finished reading it now and can heartily recommend it to my childless friends.  Childless: R...
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Saturday, April 21, 2012

It’s Baby Season Again

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Yesterday, I ran away to the “valley,” Oregon’s Willamette Valley between the Pacific Coast Range and the Cascades. I felt like I was smothe...
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Monday, April 16, 2012

Sharing our childless stories

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I have been reading a new book from Australia called Childless: Reflections on Life's Longing for Itself by Gillian Guthrie. Here's...
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Friday, April 13, 2012

Childless by Marriage book publication date set

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I know. I've been talking about it for years. I wasn't even pre-menopausal when I started this project, and now I'm post-menopau...
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Eugenics caused thousands to be childless

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I just finished reading an article in Essence magazine about eugenics. Have you heard of this? Between 1929 and 1974, it was legal in 32 U.S...
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Friday, April 6, 2012

Why didn't I ever think of this?

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It's Holy Week and we're crazy busy at my church, where I co-lead the choirs. We have services every night. After the Holy Thursday ...
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