No Kidding in NZ

Loribeth's post here , about a dream prompting questions about  where she belongs , got me thinking. As she rightly said, many childless...

It was great to see this week that our local library is offering unlimited downloads of Otherhood this week. And as a result, I also discove...

It's been a long time since I felt the need to read other people's experiences and say, "that's just how I feel." I ne...

 A friend was telling me about a colleague's wife she goes walking with. The colleague and his wife are much older, and starting to thin...

Loribeth highlighted this article about the importance of networks as we age. (She’s so good at telling us about articles that make me t...

 A week or so, Loribeth alerted her readers to an article written by Yael Wolfe, titled I'm Retiring from Aunthood. She is a No Kidding...

How do we cope when our friends or family or colleagues do nothing but talk about their children or grandchildren? Even if we discuss someth...

My sister-in-law in Perth (Australia) was complaining last night to me about the lengthy isolation periods she and all her friends were goin...

Further to my post last week , this week I want to talk about the perspective of parents, both in asking this question, and their reactions ...

I have been thinking about “the question” again after some recent events. I’m going to write another post, a follow-up to this, as I’ve been...