The first time I really noticed the door, really stopped, studied it, was after a conversation we - my partner and I - had about whether we wanted children.
Read moreMy Story Since 2024
Instead of avoiding, hiding, dreading what makesmy life unfullfilled, challenge it, find the alternative.
Read morePainted Rocks- Moving Forward Together
I wrote this in my diary on 4. July 2023.
Read moreThe Well WAS Dry
As I sat, quill in hand, reflecting on what to write for this year’s World Childless Week submission, one image and sentence kept coming to mind – the well is dry.
Read moreAcceptance
My ten-year run at trying for a baby ended the day of my thirty-fifth birthday when I spilt with my partner.
Read moreThe healing power of the mountains
I can't put into words how healing nature and especially the mountains are for me.
Read moreWild Swans
You'll be OK
If you can’t have kids
you’ll be OK
We Feel It More
Moving With, Not Just Moving Forward
In this conversation for World Childless Week, Yvonne John and Civilla Morgan explore what it really means to live with the grief of involuntary childlessness.
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