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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Dream Horse
While visiting a friend in a Santa Monica shop last week, I overheard the most beautiful conversation. A woman whose prior shop agenda was to try on as many skirts as possible and go home with at least two or three new ones, had only stopped in to say hello to the shop owner, as shopping was no longer on her list of activities.
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Volunteering at the Bizung School of Music and Dance, Ghana
Stacy Marr: My destination was Ghana, where I would be writing about my experience as well as volunteering my services to the Bizung School of Music and Dance, which is located in the city of Tamale, Northern Ghana. -
Who’s in Charge of Your Buttons?
Cindy Yantis: Who’s Got Your Buttons? There’s a sweet little button shop in New York City called Tender Buttons. It is home to buttons upon buttons for every garment imaginable, with prices ranging from 50 cents to $2,000. It got me thinking about a discussion I recently had with a friend who was dealing with some boundary issues: a co-worker who really knew how to push her buttons. -
Women Without Children Making a Difference: Muriel Siebert
Muriel Siebert (September 12, 1928 – August 24, 2013) overcame incredible odds and repeatedly faced down Wall Street’s male dominated networks to become a successful and respected leader in the world of finance. She began her own trading and research firm in 1967, and (though obstacles were created in concerted attempts to stop her) was the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.... -
Four Legs, Slurpy Tongues and Living, Breathing Hearts
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A Fictional, and Wonderful, Woman Without Children
I’m a mom, but motherhood came “late” for me, at 39. Until I had my son, I and my world (i.e. friends and family) began to wonder whether it would happen at all. The growing possibility that I would never be a parent meant I needed to come to terms with the idea. It flitted in and out of my awareness as I went on with the rest... -
6 Ways to Be More Effective With Your Words
Cindy Yantis: A recent discussion got me thinking about the infinite and palpable power of words and how as human beings – the only animal given the gift of spoken and written language – we have an inordinate responsibility to use our words to their greatest effect. -
Help from the Tribe
Nina, CMomA Adoption Grant recipient, and now proud mama of Antonia, took a moment to share her thoughts about what it meant to find her “tribe”. -
Best-selling Author, Elizabeth Gilbert, Says Childless Women are Just Fine
Margot Magowan: Elizabeth Gilbert writes that childless women have historically served a crucial role in society, not yet publicly recognized. These women should not be scorned but celebrated for their contributions to bettering the human race. -
My Tortoise, Myself
Francie Lora: Mo, a rather large star tortoise, appeared in my life when I was seven, mystically, just as I was leaving the comfort of my parents’ arms and going into boarding school in South India. As Kodaikanal was in the mountains, it was chilly at night. So Mo slept, every night, on a towel, snuggled up in my armpit so that I could breathe on him to keep him warm.
