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Male Call: The Head Cannot Heal the Heart

Posted on February 16, 2016February 16, 2016 by Pamela Tsigdinos

Editor’s Note: When it comes to matters of the heart, there’s nothing quite so comforting and validating as discovering you’re not alone in teasing out complicated emotions. Whether in the blogosphere or in society as a whole male voices are in the minority on the topic of disenfranchised grief. It’s rare to hear men give…

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No More Silencing: Speaking Our Truth

Posted on July 13, 2015July 13, 2015 by Pamela Tsigdinos

This guest post comes from Andrea Rose, teacher and budding artist. Andrea’s first husband became infertile due to cancer in their first year of marriage while they were in their early twenties. She and her current husband struggled with male factor and age-related infertility for over ten years. She has had to make difficult decisions…

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We Are More Than What Sets Us Apart

Posted on January 15, 2013January 15, 2018 by Pamela Tsigdinos

Editor’s Note: The following guest post comes from Megan, a novice to the blog world. She teases at the complexity of an infertility conundrum: How do we educate people about the infertility experience and how it reshapes us without making childlessness the only thing they see about us? I am normally a “silent” silent sorority member,…

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Australian & American Leaders: Whose Got the Tougher Perception to Overcome?

Posted on April 9, 2012December 16, 2020 by Pamela Tsigdinos

Editor’s Note: I’m pleased to share with you a guest post from Gillian Guthrie, author of Childless: Reflections on Life’s Longing for Itself. You might recall I included a link to an interview with Gillian in a previous post. (Thanks again, Carmel, for pointing us to the story.) Curiosity led me to seek Gillian out. A…

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An All Too Familiar “Waiting Game” Pays Off

Posted on January 3, 2012August 14, 2014 by Pamela Tsigdinos

Editor’s Note: A new year brings new beginnings, something we particularly relish here at A Fresh Start. One of the silver linings that accompanies infertility is the ability to redefine life on our own terms. As a result of our unrequited efforts we also learn to practice patience, accept ambiguity, and develop a keen sense…

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Darkness

The Next 15,000 Days

Posted on December 13, 2011December 13, 2018 by Pamela Tsigdinos

It isn’t often that you meet someone and instantly feel a bond. Our next guest blog contributor and I found each other across many miles. We have corresponded as pen pals for several years, but only met face to face a few months ago in a heavenly place called Bled, Slovenia. It was like meeting…

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The Secret to Happiness is…

Posted on December 7, 2011October 29, 2015 by Pamela Tsigdinos

…not having what you want, but wanting what you have. That’s just one of the many lessons our latest guest contributor has gleaned over the course of 49 years. Linda (aka Mali), a New Zealand-based blogger — a self-described kiwi — writes on a variety of topics. Here, in her words, is how she arrived…

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Someday We’ll Look Back, Laugh Nervously and Change the Subject

Posted on November 9, 2011August 10, 2015 by Pamela Tsigdinos

…But, there’s some part of me that doesn’t want to change the subject. What I’d like instead is to get beyond the nervous, uncomfortable awkwardness, the sense of being accountable somehow for why I don’t have children.  As I said in an interview with a reporter from YahooShine/PopSugar, there are many shades of gray when it comes…

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On Moving to the Next Stage

Posted on June 25, 2010August 31, 2015 by Pamela Tsigdinos

The latest contributor to our Tapestry of Voices is Lisa Manterfield, a Southern California-based writer. After making the decision to live child-free, she founded the online community, Life Without Baby, for women who do not have children, whether by chance, choice or circumstance.  Her piece, below, first ran last month in the Los Angeles Times. I was five…

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Rising From The Ashes

Posted on June 7, 2010July 13, 2015 by Pamela Tsigdinos

There are no cultural barriers, borders or misunderstanding among women who have confronted infertility. We know and understand each other in a way that defies words. NYCPhoenix and I first connected on my Coming2Terms blog. When The New York Times piece,”Living Without Children When It Isn’t by Choice” came out, I remember her comment among…

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