I hugely enjoyed  " The Wedding People " by Alison Espach the first time I read it, back in February 2025 , and I immediately pegg...

I've been collecting "odds & ends" of links for at least a month now... I know I've missed out on recording a LOT of g...

Anyone else feeling overwhelmed by the sudden onslaught of prom, graduation and last day of school photos on social media this week??  (In ...

World Childless Week (WCW) has announced the daily topics for WCW 2026  (Sept. 14th to 20th).  Learn more about WCW 2026 and how you can get...

You will understand that, as a childless-not-by-choice woman (via stillbirth & infertility), That-Day-That-Shall-Not-Be-Named, coming up...

Counting down to Little Great-Nephew #2's birthday party, and our flight west for Christmas...  I mentioned our most recent plumbing iss...

Not ALI/CNBC related, but y'all know I am a huge fan of L.M. Montgomery -- and Modern Mrs. Darcy recently pointed her readers to a Sub...

(Once again, odds & ends for #MM -- but hey, it's what I've got right now...!  In no particular order:)  It's our Thanksgivi...

Lana Manikowski at " Infertile and Childless. So Now What? " nails it in " The Grief That Comes Without a Funeral ." (It...

I spotted my first back-to-school post on social media yesterday, from someone in the U.S. It's only mid-August...!  I expect to be brac...

After reading  this article about a mother's grief   over the loss of not just one but BOTH of her (teenaged/young adult) sons (!), I im...

I first heard about " The Wedding People " by Alison Espach from Modern Mrs. Darcy , who highlighted it in her summer 2024 book pr...

I've sometimes written here (and elsewhere) about the unique place those of us who are childless after pregnancy loss occupy in the adop...