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are we a collective? | Inspiration for childless and childfree women
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Inspiration for childless and childfree women. Thoughts and ideas to inspire, uplift and affirm the childless and childfree, by circumstance and by choice. Are we a collective? I’m learning and being inspired constantly by the amazing discussions that go on in the comments here. Tonight I have been mulling over some thoughts rantywoman. Left on my recent post about the formless nature of non-motherhood. That’s all very well for her to say because her experience hasn’t been painful like mine. There are lo...
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back again! | Inspiration for childless and childfree women
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Inspiration for childless and childfree women. Thoughts and ideas to inspire, uplift and affirm the childless and childfree, by circumstance and by choice. A million thanks to the lovely folk who’ve kept checking in and even sent the odd encouraging email over the past couple of weeks. I really appreciate it. The lovely image above is borrowed with permission from Yataro1. 26 comments on “ back again! June 2, 2012. Good to have you back. June 2, 2012. June 3, 2012. June 3, 2012. June 3, 2012. June 3, 2012.
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holding back | Inspiration for childless and childfree women
https://oliviareadinginthebath.wordpress.com/2012/06/08/holding-back
Inspiration for childless and childfree women. Thoughts and ideas to inspire, uplift and affirm the childless and childfree, by circumstance and by choice. Wanted the notebook, but I never let on. I think it was partly because I wanted to fit in at the new school and partly because somehow it felt like cheating to make use of my advantage. So I held back, reciting my times-tables in dribs and drabs and getting my prize near the end of the year, along with everyone else. Why should I hold back? But in the...
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taking off | Inspiration for childless and childfree women
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Inspiration for childless and childfree women. Thoughts and ideas to inspire, uplift and affirm the childless and childfree, by circumstance and by choice. From what I read and hear, the end of the phase often seems to be determined by a number. Forty (which I am only a few years off myself) seems to be a loaded birthday for many women. I was interested to find this observation in an article. Written by Lionel Shriver, author of. We Need to Talk About Kevin. Or this post about travel. April 21, 2012.
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we need to talk about kevin | Inspiration for childless and childfree women
https://oliviareadinginthebath.wordpress.com/2012/04/17/we-need-to-talk-about-kevin
Inspiration for childless and childfree women. Thoughts and ideas to inspire, uplift and affirm the childless and childfree, by circumstance and by choice. We need to talk about kevin. I’ve been trying to figure out how it is that I’ve only just discovered Lionel Shriver’s. We Need To Talk About Kevin. Looking back on the decision for herself and her husband, the narrator and mother asks:. We were so happy! Daydream up by about a billion notches. And finally, from my perspective as someone who identifies...
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not a real adult? | Inspiration for childless and childfree women
https://oliviareadinginthebath.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/not-a-real-adult
Inspiration for childless and childfree women. Thoughts and ideas to inspire, uplift and affirm the childless and childfree, by circumstance and by choice. Not a real adult? I see this quote often enough on facebook and pinterest to guess it resonates with quite a few people, as it does with me. It is attributed to Margaret Atwood. Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age. Is an adult, whereas I am just pretending. Or this post about the parenting gaze. But in the meantime, how about you? I sugg...
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form | Inspiration for childless and childfree women
https://oliviareadinginthebath.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/form
Inspiration for childless and childfree women. Thoughts and ideas to inspire, uplift and affirm the childless and childfree, by circumstance and by choice. I’ve written here before about my sense that we live in a culture which offers lots of information about how to be a mother, but very little information about how to be an adult woman in any other way. But on the other hand, I think one of the difficulties some of us are facing arise because non-motherhood lacks. I read so often that we are part of a ...
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