I am childless due to infertility, miscarriage, and circumstance. My husband has 3 kids, who were 11, 13 and 15 when I came to their father’s life 7 years ago. They have a mother and do not need me to take that role.
Read moreMy Stepchildren Could Tell I was Not a “Real” Mom
This morning as I was cutting up a peach for breakfast, I remembered how my stepson wanted his apples cut up for his sack lunch.
Read moreThat is my story
I married a man 15 years my senior. He had had a vasectomy and had 6 children with his then deceased wife.
Read moreHe made me a mother and took away my opportunity of motherhood
They came into my life together. I thought it would be the start of my family. A little girl of four years old. I took her on, cooked for her, bought her pretty clothes and fun toys, I bathed her and plaited her hair.
Read moreMind the Gap
If my childlessness felt unseen in society, and amongst my friends and family already (and it did), then becoming a childless step parent was akin to…
Read moreBecoming a "Grandmops" : Childless in an Evolving Family Environment
It was Christmas Eve and the decision had been made for me to meet his 3 adult children.
Read moreThe loss of how many children?
It’s a tough gig, this childless step-parent business. Tougher than I could have imagined and due to so many invisible layers and dynamics, both internal and external.
Read moreThe Hole in my heart
I have become a Step-Parent twice in my 68 years. My first husband had two lovely children who were quite young - 5 & 7 when I first met him.
Read moreStill Childless
Inevitably when I share anything about being childless some well-meaning (although it doesn’t always feel well-meant) person points out that I have three stepsons.
Read moreNavigating Step-Mom Life and Embracing My Journey as CNBC
Does anyone ever dream of becoming a stepmom? Not me. But here I am, navigating this adventure with all its twists.
Read moreDecade
I'm writing this for my family, the people in my life not tied by blood, but by love.
Read moreCan love and loneliness live together?
As a childless step-parent I say yes…I think so?
Read moreWaves and Grenades
Nothing prepares you for being childless.
Read moreThe Wilting: My Childless Stepmom Experience
Oh, the naïveté! The sweet, young, innocent ambitions and dreams of a thirty-something new bride.
Read moreBecoming a childless stepparent
I became a childless stepparent. When I joined the little family of my husband and his then three-year-old daughter I was brimming with hope that one day I would have a child of our own.
Read moreWhen A Childless Stepmother Becomes A Childless Step-Grandmother
I am a childless stepmother. Being a stepmother is hard. Being a childless stepmother is extremely hard.
Read moreThe Joys & Heartbreak of a Childless Step-parent
I could write multiple chapters sharing my CNBC journey. Today I was asked about being a childless step-parent. Where do I even begin?
Read moreA Perfect Life
After hearing that World Childless Week is observed and specifically the category of Childless Stepparents, I felt compelled to write a submission about my experience.
Read moreThat doesn't matter
I have built a great relationship with my stepdaughter E over the past 13 years.
Read moreTo my bonus son on the birth of his child
You will never know who I really am, who I could have been had I been your mother.
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