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Being a Second Wife: It’s Complicated

January 18, 2018

Good morning! This is a bonus post for today as I wanted to share a story with you.

Our own Kathleen Guthrie Woods has just had her essay “Rebecca” published in Full Grown People, an online magazine for “The Other Awkward Age.” It’s a beautiful piece about stepping with grace and dignity into the shoes of a beloved—and deceased—first wife. It’s particular poignant in the way it deals with the shared heartbreak of infertility. I encourage you to hop over and give it a read.

Kathleen has been the backbone of Life Without Baby since it’s earliest days, and I am so grateful to her for helping to keep this site running for going on eight years! Please help me support her amazing work by checking out her beautiful story and giving it a share on your social media sites.

In the meantime, enjoy reading “Rebecca.”

Filed Under: Childless Not By Choice, Infertility and Loss, It Got Me Thinking..., The Childfree Life: Issues and Attitudes Tagged With: childless, grief, inappropriate comments, Infertility, loss, marriage, second wife, widower

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