In value within, blessings begin
Childlessness or not, my worth shines a lot
Read moreAn Infertile World
Tears well up inside my heart
For the dreams I cannot bare to part
Who knew?!
As a young woman who went through her teenage years in the 1970s it was perfectly normal for your parents to expect you to be married and raising a family by your early to mid-twenties.
Read moreWhat is this Fresh Hell?
As a girl growing up, fairytales are promised. Be a good girl and the prince will come save you. You will get married, have children and be extremely happy.
Read moreThe Journey’s End, or The First Steps Forward?
On a cold November day last year my journey to being a mother ended. It just STOPPED.
Read moreFinding Hope from Deep Pain
Hi there, my name is Becky Townley. I’m approaching 60 (18th December, cards welcome!) and over the last 15 or so years I’ve been on a journey of making peace with not having had the biological family I always dreamt of and assumed I would have.
Read moreBut How Did You Use It?
I believe personal worth or lack of it is defined by how a person utilizes what they have for the benefit or detriment of others.
Read moreUnderstanding my lived experience of being childless – insights from completing a PhD
I was raised by a Holocaust-surviving mother and grandmother, both of whom instilled in me a great sense of responsibility to marry and procreate, reversing the sinister intention of Adolf Hitler to eradicate the Jewish population.
Read moreI am... me!
This last year pictures inspired me to think about who I am one year after giving up hope to become a mum.
Read moreCloud-Filled Sky
Turning to face your husband, you feel more miserable and ashamed than you have felt in months.
Read moreEmbracing a Childless Life: Finding Fulfilment Beyond Parenthood
World Childless Week is a time to acknowledge the experiences, challenges, and unique perspectives of those who do not have children.
Read moreCreativity as a Path Back to Worthiness
Jody and Helen have known each other for 11 years, and have both been involved with World Childless Week in different ways for some time.
Read moreAn Olympic Effort
Can I trust you? I think I can. You look like a nice, friendly sort of reader. Come closer, so we’re not overheard.
Read moreOn the Intersection of Jewish Identity and Childlessness
Grief is messy. I befriend sadness, not as a yoke, but as wings and light.
Read moreThe Diverse Faces of Childlessness Not by Choice
The purpose of this video is to highlight the incredible diversity of people who identify as childless not by choice and to show how childlessness touches lives across every spectrum of our society.
Read moreI'm not defined by whether I'm a mother or not
I am unique, one of a kind: I'm a nature lover, a gardener, an adventurous cook, a history lover, a thinker, a dancer, a teacher, a hard worker, a wife, a pet lover, a seamstress, and a miriad of other things too numerous to count.
Read moreMothering the World
Hauntingly, the strewn pages are staring up at me. There is a mess in front of me, below in between my legs.
Read moreIn the Absence
In the moments of absence, where hopeful dreams once glistened, long ago, A hollow echo lingers, a silent melody of what could have been.
Read moreThis is me!
I have found it helpful as I have moved forward through my childlessness (5th year), to think about the things that 'I am', rather the things 'I am not'.
Read moreA meaningful life
When I came across the content of these lines in one of Viktor E. Frankl’s texts, I was really touched and relieved and empowered – all at the same time.
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