Our Childless Mothers Connect Blog offers an on-line haven for communication for women without children, either by choice or circumstance. Here is where we can share our stories, struggles, triumphs, discoveries, resources and offerings with one another. Men and Women with children can also feel free to give helpful information and resources, as well as share products and services that may be of benefit to our community…
Let the sharing begin!
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What Runneth Over from Your Cup?
This article is by Melanie Holmes, author of The Female Assumption: A Mother’s Story, Freeing Women From the View that Motherhood is a Mandate. We love her message of lifting the judgments we place on women’s choices to bring us together in acceptance and respect—for each choice we make as individuals. -
Love, Everywhere
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” —Rumi -
Happy Anniversary, Nina and Antonia (plus: more photos)!!
This week marks one full year since she arrived home to the U.S., and Antonia is at it again: being irresistible! Oh, and have you noticed? Our first grantee, brought home from the Congo just short of age two, is very definitely growing! At right is a photo pinched from Antonia’s first few days in her new home (accompanying post is here), so you can enjoy the magic,... -
Our Latest Adoption Grant Recipients are Off to Hungary!
Nick and Elise have been working through the lengthy international adoption process, and have just notified us that they are on their way to collect the little person of their dreams in Hungary! -
Adoption in Teen and Young Adult Literature
Adoptive parents, soon-to-be adoptive parents, and adoptees… Have you been looking for teen and young adult stories that explore the experience of being adopted? Author Hanna Gómez, adopted herself, had often wondered why there weren’t more stories covering this complex topic. -
Catching Up on Nina and Antonia
A quick note to Nina, our first CMomA Adoption Grant recipient… -
Letter to CMomAs Who Have no Kids, by Choice or by Chance
IMPORTANT NOTE: Many in our CMomA community are friends, aunts, uncles or godparents of children we love. If this is you, please read on… and if there are others you feel will be moved, please share! Maybe you don’t have kids of your own… You think kids are great, you love them, but you have either chosen not to parent or have discovered that it’s not in the cards... -
The Path to Truth
I came back from a journey recently. I was gone long enough that in coming home I had to decide whether to be the person I was on my journey, or return to what was most comfortable. -
What Does the Stork Bring?
There’s a lot of animal life around here. I love Native American animal spirit guides and their interpretations. I have had some interesting creatures show up as I’ve walked. -
Torelingo Comes Home
We are thrilled to share more GREAT NEWS about CMomA’s third Grant Recipient… also now lovingly united with their 6-year-old son from Ethiopia!
