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1/3 Two weeks ago it was Men Matter Too as part of @ChildlessWeek. For it I was part of a video with @mjhughes67, @skhumbuzodube and @RobinHadley1 talking about our experiences of being childless as men. We talked about how we grieve, cope and legacy. 
2/3 We also laughed, which feels so very important as we remember we are no less for being childless.
Watch at worldchildlessweek.net/thurs-17-2020/…
Watch at worldchildlessweek.net/thurs-17-2020/…
1/3 Yesterday @ChildlessWeek came to a beautiful close with pieces on acceptance and moving forward.
As I say in my piece, my acceptance isn't a straight line and that was clear last week as I unsuccessfully tried to balance fatigue, work and self-care,
As I say in my piece, my acceptance isn't a straight line and that was clear last week as I unsuccessfully tried to balance fatigue, work and self-care,
2/3and in the mix was shame which made it so difficult to pause. But I did pause yesterday, which was very helpful and I am looking at this week through a different frame. Acceptance, to me, is a series of steps, and sometimes they go backwards before I can go forward.
1/3 We are worthy was yesterday's theme for @ChildlessWeek. I am behind again, as yesterday I was trying to write whilst full of aching fatigue, possibly from COVID-19, layered on top of fatigue from burning out from not allowing myself to grieve sooner,
2/3 from a not having a safe space to grieve in.
This is why it is so important to find that self-acceptance and self-compassion that we are each worthy despite not being a dad or a mum. I am still getting there, I have days of feeling worthy, but also many without.
This is why it is so important to find that self-acceptance and self-compassion that we are each worthy despite not being a dad or a mum. I am still getting there, I have days of feeling worthy, but also many without.
3/3 I'll be reading these inspiring pieces soon to help me along my process. Thank you to all for sharing.
#ChildlessNotByChoice #Childless #Childlessness #InvoluntaryChildlessness #Grief #InvisibleGrief #Healing #Fatigue #SelfWorth #IAmWorthy #WorldChildlessWeek
#ChildlessNotByChoice #Childless #Childlessness #InvoluntaryChildlessness #Grief #InvisibleGrief #Healing #Fatigue #SelfWorth #IAmWorthy #WorldChildlessWeek
1/4 Yesterday @ChildlessWeek was Comments that hurt, based around lockdown experiences.
I contributed a piece entitled Resonance and yesterday resonance struck. I just stopped, there was tears, well more like a 20 minute sob for the accumulation of grief,
I contributed a piece entitled Resonance and yesterday resonance struck. I just stopped, there was tears, well more like a 20 minute sob for the accumulation of grief,
2/4 of feelings of shame and of loneliness. I just felt disconnected and had had enough of lockdown. Great timing as we enter a local lockdown...
In the end I wrote and played new songs on my guitar. It helped, as did chips at the seaside.
In the end I wrote and played new songs on my guitar. It helped, as did chips at the seaside.
3/4 Alongside me the whole time was my brilliant wife and our snoozing paws.
These are difficult times for us all, I had forgotten that in a haze of work and exercise, as if everything was normal, as if everything has ever been normal. Take care all.
#PandemicBlues
These are difficult times for us all, I had forgotten that in a haze of work and exercise, as if everything was normal, as if everything has ever been normal. Take care all.
#PandemicBlues
Today has been ageing without children @ChildlessWeek
It is a topic I haven't considered much, perhaps as I am 40, perhaps as I don't look into the future a lot or plan for it!
It is a topic I haven't considered much, perhaps as I am 40, perhaps as I don't look into the future a lot or plan for it!
I look forward to reading these, probably over the next few weeks, as already playing catch up with all the wonderful posts and webinars.
View posts at: worldchildlessweek.net/ageing-without…
#ChildlessNotByChoice #Childless #ChildlessByCircumstance #ChildlessCommunity #Childlessness #Ageing
View posts at: worldchildlessweek.net/ageing-without…
#ChildlessNotByChoice #Childless #ChildlessByCircumstance #ChildlessCommunity #Childlessness #Ageing
Today's @ChildlessWeek theme is diversity. It is essential all our childless voices are heard and in all aspects of our lives.
I am looking forward to reading these posts and thanks again to our brave community.
#WorldChildlessWeek #OurStories
I am looking forward to reading these posts and thanks again to our brave community.
#WorldChildlessWeek #OurStories
#ChildlessNotByChoice #Childless #Childlessness #ChildlessByCircumstance #ChildlessCommunity #IVF #infertility #InvisibleGrief #Grief #Diversity #InvoluntaryChildless
Ps. The link is worldchildlessweek.net/diversity-2020
1/ "On his hands and knees he waits. He imagines soft voices and smiles. The slam of a car boot startles him; his eyes burst open, wide, light pours in, his body assesses for signs of an attack. The gate swings open, four small wheels roll along the path; a deafening war cry."
2/ It is @ChildlessWeek in September & I have contributed to it over the past couple of years. By sharing my experiences I have found connection, I have been heard & found a sense of belonging. The process of creating stories & art, has been helpful in my healing & acceptance.
3/ I recommend submitting your experiences, they can be anonymous - the more our voices are heard, the less invisible we become, not only to others, but also ourselves.
The above is an extract from Dancing under rainbows - the agony of not being able to have a child,
The above is an extract from Dancing under rainbows - the agony of not being able to have a child,
