Before I share my response to “You don’t know true love until you’ve had a child” I’d like to explore what love, and by extrapolation true love, really is. Love is hormonal, indeed a number of hormones, (something tangible that … Continued
Today is Men Matter Too day in WCW. So why do we matter? Men are sometimes perceived as the second class citizens of the childless not by choice community. We are not vocal, and do not express our feelings as … Continued
POTENTIAL TRIGGER WARNING: I do write briefly about my young god-daughter inspiring me to write some children’s poetry. There are no images in this blog as this is all about the written word! Poetry has always played an important part … Continued
Today is all about writing “letters from our hearts”, specifically letters to our unborn children. Whilst I have written my letter to Grace, I am not sharing it today. Instead I want to align this blog with my Ethos of … Continued
TRIGGER WARNING: Some people may not consider me to be truly Childless Not By Choice because my 7yr old son, Angus, died 22 yrs ago from the severe disabilities that he had from birth. Since my divorce from Angus’ mother … Continued
I can hardly believe where the last year has gone. It’s only seems like a few weeks ago that Andrew and I were working so hard in the background to help make World Childless Week 2017 the success that it … Continued
WOW what a month August has been. Two months into living my CanbaceLife and my healing and acceptance has gone stratospheric. I am sleeping better, I am feeling better (if you don’t count the on-going problem with my back/hip) and … Continued
In last week’s “Existence can be hard” blog I focused on “never” being a very long time. I explained how by believing that you will “never” heal or find acceptance you are preventing any tiny, unknown seeds of hope that … Continued
My lovely friend Sue Johnston, The Infertility Advocate, commented on one of my earlier blogs about me being super human. With all the ideas I have floating around my head and all the tasks that I am juggling at the … Continued
On the 4th Monday of every month I will be sharing the thoughts of other people who are starting to embrace their #CanbaceLife. As she was so instrumental in the creation of Canbace I am so pleased that Brandi Lytle, … Continued