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Novelist Maeve Binchy Was Childless, Not Heartless

Melanie Notkin | Posted 10.06.2012 | Women
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Melanie Notkin

There are many ways to mother, just as there are ways to find fault with women who are not mothers.

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A Message for Moms: Up the Auntie

Melanie Notkin | Posted 09.18.2012 | Women
Read More: Women, Circumstantial Infertility, Childfree, Women News, Auntie's Day, Childlessness, Infertility, Childless, Aunt's Day, Mother, Aunt, Savvy Auntie, Single, Maternal, Auntie, Women News
Melanie Notkin

I had always planned, expected, hoped and dreamed that I'd marry and have children, but I'm now in my early 40's and both milestones have eluded me.

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My Mother, Myself

Cory Zacker | Posted 07.09.2012 | Parents
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Cory Zacker

When my son was younger and deep in the throes of a textbook Oedipal Complex, he looked at me with all sincerity and said, "Mom, why did you marry Dad? Why didn't you wait for me?"

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The Invisible Infertility

Melanie Notkin | Posted 10.16.2011 | Women
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Melanie Notkin

For women like me, we not only grieve the loss of motherhood, but we also grieve the loss of the dream, the dream of finding love and marriage resulting in that beautiful baby carriage.

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The Truth About Childless Women

Melanie Notkin | Posted 09.10.2011 | Women
Read More: Women, Circumstantial Infertility, Childfree, Maternity, Childlessness, Savvy Auntie, Infertility, Childless, Aunt, Fence-Sitters, Motherhood, Maternal, Childless Women, Auntie, Child-Free Women, The Truth About Childless Women, Truth About Childless Women, Women News
Melanie Notkin

I'm 42 and still single and I have come to acknowledge the truth: it's very possible I won't have children of my own.

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