tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725106142359702200.post4245421861284626318..comments2024-03-29T09:31:53.769+13:00Comments on No Kidding in NZ: What adds dimension to my lifeMalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03928262526502319303noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725106142359702200.post-89977360954333583692017-10-14T09:09:22.030+13:002017-10-14T09:09:22.030+13:00Both your post & Sarah's are brilliant... ...Both your post & Sarah's are brilliant... I daresay the idea that "children add dimension" is a very one-dimensional response. They may be one way to add dimension, but they are far from the only way! Great post!! loribethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09272814565916935113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725106142359702200.post-39960639353202914412017-10-14T03:26:46.349+13:002017-10-14T03:26:46.349+13:00This is a terrific list, full of dimension and ric...This is a terrific list, full of dimension and richness. I like Klara's comment, too.Lori Lavender Luzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394441222262940632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725106142359702200.post-44642683597137845432017-10-08T05:28:48.059+13:002017-10-08T05:28:48.059+13:00I love this list, so much. I think this would be a...I love this list, so much. I think this would be a great exercise for anyone to do, but especially those of us who are fresh to the loss of a life we imagined but that didn't come to be. I feel like this is a good journaling/therapy thing to do! I loved your list. I am so grateful for your blog and your friendship, and especially your empathy for the people who hurt the No Kidding contingency, unwittingly or otherwise. Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15868505568965284742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725106142359702200.post-81257881760675787112017-10-07T13:48:58.995+13:002017-10-07T13:48:58.995+13:00Love it - you know that was the first thing that f...Love it - you know that was the first thing that flashed through my head after she said it as I was looking at her as though she had punched me in the gut. All the grief, getting to know my new self, expanded capacities to listen and empathize, the list of ways infertility and involuntary childlessness have added dimension to my life could go on and on.....so I thought "Dimension?? I'll give you some freaking dimension!" Instead I replied "As does NOT getting to have them." As of now, she's in the intro to my book, so, either way I win.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725106142359702200.post-63665936655386026452017-10-07T08:13:30.072+13:002017-10-07T08:13:30.072+13:00I love the list!
Especially number 9: you did make...I love the list!<br />Especially number 9: you did make a friend exactly on the opposite part of the Earth. So did I! <br />Klarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17028863974858724867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725106142359702200.post-23187783301328095132017-10-07T01:27:51.796+13:002017-10-07T01:27:51.796+13:00As I wrote in the comments, I view the response of...As I wrote in the comments, I view the response of children adding dimension as just being another way to minimize. It implies black-and-white thinking and an external limited world view.<br /><br />There is a growing number of people who are not parenting and though some are by choice, a huge number are not. To imply that their lives are not full because they are not parenting shows how far we have to go with this conversation, Cristyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317873211902543387noreply@blogger.com