Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Cheers for the Childless





We celebrate Mothers Day and Fathers Day because it is so important to appreciate their care and hard work in bringing up the children that are our future.

I would like to celebrate another group of people whose decisions, care and hard work also affect our future.

I know several people who have made the decision to be childless. Two very dear sisters are among them.

Thank goodness for those people who are not having children! 

Whether their decisions were easy or hard, simple or complicated, their decision means the pressure of populations on our dear Earth is that little bit lessened.

When I grew up the common view was that a woman without children was not ‘fulfilled’ not a ‘proper’ woman, not ‘complete’. No doubt men are maligned similarly. Hopefully we have come a long way from that point of view. But we need to go further. We need to say Hooray! We need to celebrate those people for the decision they have made that benefits every country, every continent, every ocean of our planet.
 And I want to include those men and woman who may not have chosen to be childless, but were made so by cruel fate or circumstance. After all, we celebrate Mothers and Fathers who may have had their children as a result of cruel fate or circumstance! Fair is fair!

I have been thinking about blogging this for a while, watching as Mothers’ Days and Fathers’ Days blossom and blink all over the world. What special day could I use to celebrate those childless men and women?

Well, today is the day. It is my birthday, (don't believe the date on the blog! It is Thursday here, and the day began with this lunar eclipse just before dawn!). 
I am dedicating it this way. I really hope that if you are childless you hear me cheering you, and if you know someone who has decided to be childless, please pass on a cheer from me, and give them a hooray yourself!

Thankyou for reading, and a special thankyou to you childless ones!



18 comments:

  1. I liked the picture of the moon which looks gorgeous. Amazing shot. Cheers for the Childless.

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  2. What a great thought Joy. I will post it as well.
    But tell me please I am too tired to work out what the word is supposed to be that all those characters from the Simpsons are holding up.

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  3. Hi Babii, Hi Jan!
    I also had to work out why this cartoon was in images for 'childless' It is "Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples And Teens And Gays Against Parasitic Parents" (SSCCATAGAPP). Just joking ofcourse!

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  4. Thanks! As a childless woman I don't know that I ever thought about it from the perspective of world population. :)

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  5. I have often thought it's tough on the involuntarily childless to have all these celebrations for mothers and fathers days. I agree with Migrainista that these decisions don't usually involve world populations. I think they're more personal.... I loved the image!

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  6. Hi Joy, Happy Belated Birthday! I agree, we need to celebrate childless people as well as mothers and fathers. Great lunar eclipse image!

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  7. Happy belated Birthday! I think you blog is very thought provoking and true.
    Lucy xx

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  8. happy belated birthday....

    enjoyed the post

    kary

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  10. Thank you! You have truly made my day with this and chosen just the right words. I will be sharing this with others. Happy Birthday!

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  11. Thanks so much for all your birthday wishes! And especially for the feedback on this post, it is great to know what you think. Thankyou again.

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  12. What a thoughtful post. I want to join everyone else in wishing you the happiest of birthdays. I hope you had a great day. The photo of the eclipse is a stunner! Blessings...Mary

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  14. Of course we have to celebrate childless people, you are more than right. We do have friends without children and they add a lot of education to our own children showing them aspects of life we don't think about... and they have so much patience with children, the patience we lack...

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  15. I have to check the time difference between your place and ours in Arizona...

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  16. You are only 7 hours ahead of us! I thought it was more.

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  17. Hi Therese! That is good not so much difference! Thank you and Mary for your comments and wishes.

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