Thanks, Celeste. As another barren woman (I actually embraced that word because it so described the emotional context I dwelt in), I hear you. We did eventually choose to adopt (oy, three times!), but I also know many infertile women who have not. I got really tired of people telling me that I was "selfish" not to have children (what??) or that I'd have no one to take care of me when I got old (I was a pastor and had seen enough family dynamics to know that's a real bad reason to have children!). Blessings for a fruitful life!
Thank you, Celeste, for these thoughts, and this reading list. Valuable to me in so many ways - as understanding others’ will always be. As a Trans woman, I have an opportunity to counter some deeply crass bullshit my sisters can come up with in their search for truth and authenticity in our lives.
I also suggest Deborah Copaken's Lady Parts (Substack) for all the indignities of being a woman in the hands of medical system, male dominant policy making, etc. etc.
Thanks, Celeste. As another barren woman (I actually embraced that word because it so described the emotional context I dwelt in), I hear you. We did eventually choose to adopt (oy, three times!), but I also know many infertile women who have not. I got really tired of people telling me that I was "selfish" not to have children (what??) or that I'd have no one to take care of me when I got old (I was a pastor and had seen enough family dynamics to know that's a real bad reason to have children!). Blessings for a fruitful life!
Thank you, Celeste, for these thoughts, and this reading list. Valuable to me in so many ways - as understanding others’ will always be. As a Trans woman, I have an opportunity to counter some deeply crass bullshit my sisters can come up with in their search for truth and authenticity in our lives.
I also suggest Deborah Copaken's Lady Parts (Substack) for all the indignities of being a woman in the hands of medical system, male dominant policy making, etc. etc.