No Kidding in NZ

Hi everyone! I'm sorry I have been away for so long. But I want to say Happy New Year, and send very my best wishes for 2026, whatever i...

I have a niece staying for a couple of days. She's come from overseas with a friend, and our house is the last stop on a whirlwind tour ...

A decade ago, I made a note in my blogging drafts folder of a series of posts written by Hope at A Crack in Everything (still online, bu...

I have been struggling with what I might post today. I know what I'm going to write about next week. But today, I have been drawing a bl...

A lovely chat this morning with some friends reminded me that all our lives have positives and negatives. It's been three years since my...

 On a day to day basis, I don't get too many "triggers" about not having children. I don't get nasty comments, I'm not...

This month I'm taking a break from active blogging, unless something really needs to be said! So I thought it would be an idea to revisi...

 I was just listening to an interview on our national radio station. It was aimed at how to help anxious children (and parents) but there we...

This week we (my husband and I) are doing something fabulous, simply because we don’t have children. We waited till last Tuesday, as Monday ...

I’ve been blogging for a long time now. It’s part of my life. I’ve been blogging for 14 years now, and here at No Kidding in NZ, I will soon...

An old blogging-now-Facebook friend of mine posted a quote from one of his friends. I read it, and just had to share. "Our greatest ...

I thought I'd look back on some previous posts today, and went back to my first calendar year of blogging on No Kidding (I've blogge...

An overdue get-together, my friend arrived and we kissed hello on the cheeks. She then proceeded to apologise for being late - her family h...

The emotional pain I felt during and after my ectopic pregnancies was acute. Everything hurt. Everywhere there were reminders that other pe...

Grieving loss, and enduring and accepting infertility, meant that for the first time in my life, I gave myself permission to become aware o...

Having recovered (mostly) from the surgery, headed back to the gym (starting out gently), and got into a head space where I can start focus...

Recovering from my surgery has been slow but steady.  Not there yet, but on the right track, which is good.  My husband has been good - with...

I read an article about climate change and the choices we make.  It took an interesting approach, one I hadn’t seen before, looking at (a...

When I started this blog, I both wanted an outlet for my thoughts and feelings about navigating my way through life without kids.  I didn’t...

Tonight is our last night in Puglia.  Tomorrow we head for Rome, the airport, and fly out on Tuesday.  That will be the end of three wonder...