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I love autumn.  It’s my favorite time of year.  In fact, I wrote a good things blog discussing the fact that I believe the season of fall is for the…

Trigger Warning:  Some real talk about childlessness, infertility, pregnancy, miscarriage, Mother’s Day, and more… As a childless woman, May has been one of the hardest, most emotional, most triggering months…

Trigger Warning:  If you are particularly vulnerable about missing out on every day moments with your own little, then you may not want to read this post. Recently, our foreign…

As told to Brandi Lytle Because Father’s Day is this Sunday, I thought it appropriate to share a male perspective on being childless not by choice.  So, I asked my…

Some people think I’m weak.  They think that deciding to live a childless life, deciding not to have a baby after trying for ten years, deciding to stay with my…

When I began Not So Mommy…, I had several goals.  One of them was to let others know about hosting a foreign exchange student because it has become such a…

SENSITIVE POST WITH POSSIBLE TRIGGERS… I recently met someone who is struggling hard with her infertility.  She told me that she just can’t understand why God put this desire for…

As I type, I am looking out at a snow-covered yard while wearing my “I love snowdays” sweatshirt.  Perhaps it is because I was a teacher for 17 years…  Or…

You might think it strange that I say the imperfections of life are a good thing.  But as I think back over my 40 years, some of the best moments…

One of the biggest strengths of the childless is our great capacity to love.  We love our children, the children we dream of, so much that our hearts overflow with…