A Not So Serious Look At Loving All Things Home and Family While Being a Childless Woman

Prior to the 2024 elections, I had never known childless women to be a popular topic. I listened to the term daily on the news, it was a definite election platform. This was new to me in my 55 years of life. Being without children is my life though. Whether I realize it has important or not, or even want it, it is who I am. Please rest assured, politics are not what I am here for. No thank you.

I am here to rev up my joy generator! I am here to build a bigger heart space, a deeper connection to what I love. what I have always loved is doing things that were more about home and family than having a childless home. I just want to fill my free time sharing my favorite baking recipes, garden planning, and crafting homemade household items

I will be honest though being family and home oriented when you do not have children or grandchildren does look different. It looks like intentionally searching to find a place to be in community. It looks like time spent building extended families to share experiences with.

It also involves an honest look inside myself. Am I happy? I am! Has being childfree caused heartbreaks? Absolutely! For the overwhelming good in my life, I thank my lucky stars and abundant blessings. I get to homemake, bake, and garden daily if I want to.

Being childfree is not front and center in my daily thoughts. I do think it is a constant influence in my like though. I just want to have fun with this idea. i want to blend the joy I have of doing things that are home and family oriented with a thoughtful look at being childfree while doing these activities.

Home making skills like baking bread, canning and gardening were things my mom and grandmothers did too. It was how I was raised. I grew up in a modest home in a rural mountain town. My mom, a stay at home mom and my dad, an educator. My childhood dreams were like theirs, and like their parents. Which was to make a happy and health home for my children so they could grow up and to the same. Somehow that did not happen for me. Like many women, multiple life circumstances made me unintentionally childfree.

Join me as I get light heartedly introspective. Using a little humor and a happy heart to notice the similarities and the differences being childfree might make.All the while doing what I enjoy so much, sharing craft ideas, yummy recipes, my garden experiences and fun family activities.