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AMBASSADORS BLOG by Jody Day
When I was growing up, I had an Aunt and Uncle who were more reserved than my mother’s other brothers, and more glamorous too. They travelled a lot both for my Uncle’s engineering work in the RAF (Royal Air Force), and for leisure. The gifts they brought back, or gave me for birthdays and Christmases, were thoughtful, and quite unlike anything others grown-ups gave me.
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Crossing Oceans
The 22 June marked Windrush Day. My parents crossed an ocean in their twenties, travelling at different times on the ship Irpinia in the 1960s. They were two people who packed up whatever they could carry and arrived in England believing, because they had to believe it, that something better was waiting on the other side.
Read moreAMBASSADORS BLOG by Catherine-Emmanuelle Delisle
Summer is usually seen as a time for freedom and connection. Most people think of barbecues, beach trips, and parents posting photos of their kids in the sun. But for single women who wanted to be mothers and aren't, the start of summer can be a difficult time. Grief doesn't go away just because the weather gets better.
Read moreThe World Childless Week forget me not symbolises: our individuality alongside our strength and unity as a community, our determination to be seen and heard despite pronatalism trying to drown out our voice, and the love we hold for our unborn children who rest upon our hearts and will never be forgotten.
Read moreAMBASSADORS BLOG by Meriel Whale
A living being goes through lifecycles that are easily recognisable and that we may have studied at school. Think of a frog for example – eggs are laid and a tadpole emerges, grows legs and arms to become a froglet, grows bigger and bigger to become an adult and eventually lays its own eggs and the cycle begins again.
Read moreAMBASSADORS BLOG by Sandy Langhart Michelet
World Childless Week is a powerful reminder that our stories and voices matter and one theme that continues to surface in conversations about childlessness is legacy. It is a fear many childless women share – “I will not leave a legacy”.
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