A lot can happen in a year

Returning from a longer than planned hiatus

Photo by Josh Wyborn

Well, what can I say?

I guess I should start by saying ‘thank you’. Thank you to the over 300 of you who have stayed in the silence of my slightly longer than planned hiatus from writing and being part of the online childfree community.

Don’t worry, I know you weren’t all glued to your inboxes, desperately hoping to hear from me each week. But nonetheless, I really appreciate you not hitting the ‘unsubscribe’ button.

It’s just going to be a short one today, less of a constructed article and more of a ‘welcome back, remember me?’ type of thing.

It’s safe to say, that a lot can happen in a year! In fact, I realised that as I sat down to write this, it is exactly one year since I last shared anything here.

I honestly thought there would be a gap of a couple of weeks between my last post and this one but sometimes life has other ideas. I’ll likely be sharing more in future pieces about the different things that have happened over the last 365 days but in summary, it’s been a bit of a mixed bag.

I ended my marketing business which was sad, but I made the move into an entirely new career, which was absolutely the right call. I got married – a very happy day, especially after a two-year Covid delay! (photo above) We’ve moved house and are loving it. Friends have also got married, had babies, finished degrees, got new dogs, started awesome new jobs and businesses, and lots of other lovely things that we’ve been able to share in.

On the other side though, there has been serious illness, loss of loved ones, health scares, job losses, friends going through some rough patches too, and big life decisions to be made.

So, I didn’t really have a chance to give Curiously Childfree and you, its lovely community, the time and brain space I felt it deserves.

I remain thankful that I didn’t have to navigate all these things with a child in tow and it has definitely further confirmed my thought that parents are clearly made of far tougher stuff than me. I really don’t know how they do it?!

I am genuinely so excited to be back here – back writing, connecting with new people, and doing something that brings me joy, and hopefully will bring you enjoyment too.

My mission remains the same – to give a view on life through a childfree lens, hopefully change the broader narrative, and offer a place where other childfree people feel at ease to have honest conversations. There’s also likely to be a heavy sprinkling of music, theatre, travel and food; as these are the things I choose to give a lot of my time to.

I’ve got a file where I jot down any ideas I have for writing and it’s currently running at about four and a half pages – just because I wasn’t writing, didn’t mean I’d forgotten about it. But I’m always happy to hear your suggestions or thoughts on things you’d like to read, hear about, or would find interesting. Feel free to drop me a message here or via Instagram, any time.

Thanks again for sticking with me, I’m looking forward to getting know everyone better.

In the meantime, I’d love to hear what the highlights of your past year have been. Share in the comments section so we can all connect and get to know each other.