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It Got Me Thinking…About the Death of a Childfree Friend

Lisa Manterfield — Fri, 24 May 2013 13:00:19 +0000

By Kathleen Guthrie Woods Before I even get into this post, I need to alter my title. It should read “The Death of a Friend (Who Happened to be Childfree).” Okay, that’s better. Earlier this year, a friend of 20-plus years lost her battle with cancer. Mercifully, her fight wasn’t prolonged and the end came [...]

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Whiny Wednesday: “Netflix, You Don’t Know Me At All”

Lisa Manterfield — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:00:12 +0000

Last week I hooped on Netflix after something a hiatus. I was in the mood for a movie, but had nothing in mind, so I was delighted to see that Netflix had come up with a Top Ten Suggestions for me. This is what they thought I would like to watch: Friends with Kids (Synopses [...]

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BFF Until Baby

Lisa Manterfield — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:00:53 +0000

By Maybe Lady Liz My college roommate and best friend cried her eyes out the day I told her I was moving to California after graduation, more than 2,000 miles from her final destination of Chicago. We’ve done a relatively impressive job of keeping in touch over the last 8 years, and I think [...]

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It Got Me Thinking…About South Korea’s Childfree Leader

Lisa Manterfield — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:00:55 +0000

By Kathleen Guthrie Woods With all the scary reports coming out of North Korea, I all but missed the news that South Korea elected its first female president, Park Geun-hye. This is a huge world event! History-making, ground-breaking, even thrilling, and I’m encouraged that this can happen in a country that ranks #108 in the [...]

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Whiny Wednesday: M-Day Post-Mortem

Lisa Manterfield — Wed, 15 May 2013 13:00:13 +0000

I survived Mother’s Day relatively unscathed. In a testament to how far we’ve come on our journey of coming-terms with infertility, Mr. Fab bought me flower and vegetable plants for my garden and told me they were a Mother’s Day gift from the cat. This is the first time he’s been able to say something [...]

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