Everyone’s Body Fails
I have a body. For the most part, I like this body. When I want it to dance, it dances. When I want it to pick up my child, it picks up my child. When I want it to breathe… Read more ›
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I’m Not Sorry I Had a C-Section
If you don’t want to read my daughter’s birth story, I suggest you stop now and go somewhere else on the interwebs. (Though, after that I imagine most of you will stay out of sheer curiosity!) If you’ve been around… Read more ›
5 Reasons Why Pregnancy Rocks
I do a lot of complaining about pregnancy. I like to think that it’s not complaining so much as brutal honesty, but, at the heart of it, I’m whining about it a little bit. I don’t think there’s anything wrong… Read more ›
Quick Hit: Babies Don’t Ruin Your Marriage
Today at A Practical Wedding, there’s a Reclaiming Wife post about how babies don’t ruin your marriage. We still go out to places, just the two of us, but I’ll admit that it’s more rare. Don’t get me wrong—we go… Read more ›
Quick Hit: Adoption as a Feminist Issue
I’ve written about adoption before. (Here, here, here…) It’s something I believe in very strongly, and will as long as there are children who need adoption. As long as women are pressured to give their children up for adoption, there… Read more ›
International Adoption at GAB!
Today, I’m over at Gender Across Borders talking about international adoption, and I’ve already received some really great comments! Here’s a little teaser: My husband and I have given quite a bit of consideration to adopting a child. We’re not… Read more ›
Quick Hit: The Kid-Free Twitter List
Let’s keep the baby train rolling today, shall we? Today’s link comes from Janni, who alerted me to this via Twitter yesterday. This story is about a woman who made a twitter list of tweeps over 30 without children and… Read more ›
Baby Blasphemy
Today, the baby theme continues. I was reminded through yesterday’s post and the subsequent (awesome) comments of a time in my classroom when I told my students I’m not having kids 1. There was an audible gasp, and then silence. In… Read more ›
Do I have to give birth to my baby? (Thoughts on Adoption)
When I tell people that Tim and I don’t necessarily want to have children, I get a lot of mixed responses. Mostly, people ask why which, I’ve come to understand, is maybe a fair question considering Tim and I are… Read more ›