I finally picked up " Yesteryear " by Caro Claire Burke, one of this year's "buzz" books, after hearing a lot about ...

(** CONTENT WARNING :  Sudden death;  some graphic details.**) My first experience with death came when I was about 4 years old. We'd br...

Goodness knows IVF (and the entire fertility industry) is far from perfect, and could use some better regulation/oversight -- but over the p...

It's World Childless Week !  And there's tons of great content posted already for today's topic, " Our Stories ."  Hea...

Jessica Grose, who writes about parenting, families and relationships for the New York Times, has recently been exploring why Americans are ...

It's Day Five of  World Childless Week , and today's theme tackles the thorny issue of religion.  Comments referring to religion eas...

By now many of you will have seen Pope Francis's recent comments about the "selfishness" of childless people , particularly th...

I had just finished reading " American Baby " (reviewed here ) when another adoption-related book caught my eye -- recommended in ...

Before I downloaded & read my last book, " Belabored " by Lyz Lenz ( reviewed here ), I had already purchased a copy of Lenz...

"Another tragic one??" one of the women at the last meeting of my library book club commented, as we flipped through our copies ...

Dh, BIL, SIL & I went to see FIL on Saturday, and to extend our condolences to dh & BIL's stepsister & stepbrothers who ( ...

I saw this on Pinterest. My jaw literally dropped.  I have spent the past 20 years trying to rebuild my shattered life, after it be...

** CONTAINS SPOILERS**  Last night was episode 10, the season finale of "The Handmaid's Tale" on Bravo Canada. It ended ex...

Little Girl Next Door -- my yardstick for how big Katie might have been, what she might have been doing, how she might be dressing, etc. et...

Dh & I have become huge fans of Bill Moyers' Journal on PBS. It's on Sunday mornings on our local PBS station, although I believ...

Mrs. Spit was recently asked to answer five questions on her blog. Having answered them (in her usual thoughtful way), she then asked who wa...