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Tales from the frontline

Here I will recount you with my tales of living without children. My tales will be random and, sometimes, current. Your tales can be the same. Tell us all here of your experiences and your life, so far. Your photos are very welcome, we can't promise to use them all but we will choose as many as we can! To contribute to the blog, please get in touch via the contact page.

CHILDLESS talking ASSISTED DYING and other stuff...

Lovely walk round Weston Fields, South Holland, Lincolnshire. A good doggy meetup place Where I live it’s perfectly clear not a jot of a...

CHILDLESS AND AGEING - COME GATHER

Hats off to the sculpture in the background. We felt like a bit of 'Yee Haa!" that afternoon as we strolled along The Spa Trail, ...

ARE WE MUMS OR ARE WE CHILDLESS

With apologies to The Killers re: title. Will they mind? Hardly think so... Anyway, in our new garden in South Holland, Lincolnshire. ...

ALONE AND AGEING (and We Moved House) WE MUST BE MAD!

Hello everyone (optimistic). Just Trish and - here she is - Lilley, back in the room. ‘YOU. Ageing, Childless person. You don’t matter....

MUM'S THE WORD by SARAH SIMS

Sarah and her Mum Imagine a mother losing her own parent... as a mother herself. But what's it like to lose a mother as a childless...

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO DEAREST JMALS AND ALL!!

Taking a rest on the bench at beautiful West Fields, Louth, Lincolnshire on Boxing Day afternoon. Possibly Lilley’s bestest walk owing to...

CHRISTMAS WITH JUSTMEANDLILLEY. STILL HERE!

You have no idea how long it took to get her to wear her hat and look at the lens. Diva! Apologies for being a tad late with our...

AGEING'S JUST A WORD

One from Brancaster beach, North Norfolk, in the background. Lilley loved this walk as did I. We miss it. Am I back? I might be. In...

ARE WE HUMAN OR ARE WE UNHUMAN

(with apologies to The Killers) We made it to North Norfolk. Brancaster in the distance. Justmeandlilley on our tod. Again, I hear you...

TWO WORLDS ONE LONGING

by JULIE GREENAN I'd had a negative Covid test at last so I left the flat to walk up to the library. A sunny, warm, early autumn...

OLDER, ALONER, AFRAIDER - CHILDLESS EH?

True love this, you know? Finally I'm writing my new blog piece. It's been a while since me and her were last seen alive on here. I was...

LONELY Michael Hughes

THE FULL STOP PODCAST When Trish asked me to write a guest blog post, I immediately said yes as I don’t often get asked to do this. Not...

BEING CHILDLESS IS NOT A CHOICE

Sandy Lane, near Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire. Showing more of the landscape otherwise my head gets cut off on social media pages. Just...

WHEN DOES LIFE GET BACK TO NORMAL

by KATE GWYNNE This is Kate Gwynne who lives with her husband in Wales. Kate has an important role working with the elderly in the social...

LONELY AND AGEING

Taking a rest on one of the iron sculptures on the Spa Trail near the beautiful Lincolnshire Wolds, Aren't we lucky? I'm pretty sure...

LILLEY SPEAKS

On Lilley's magic seat here. It really is magical sometimes. We look out over the river with all the different birdlife, wildlife, the...

OUTSIDE LOOKING IN FOR CHRISTMAS

The outside looking in - we childless, aloners. Family, grandma, twinkly lights, carols, snow. idealistic family scenes not including you...

AND SO IT IS CHRISTMAS. ARE YOU HAVING FUN?

Very regal. Actually sat on a round piece of slate, set as a tiny stool, because we were knacked. By the River Witham, Kirkstead Bridge,...

AGEING, CHILDLESS, MARGINALISED?

sub plot: The Ageing Word Birthday lunch at The Petwood Hotel, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, a wander round the gardens and fountains....

AGEING AND SEX

A walk along the Spa Trail, the old railway line, at Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire. A rather inspiring stroll for me and Lil. A catch up...