Firstly, I need
to apologise for the lack of blogging to any followers. However I have had a case of unplanned
reconcideration towards this page, blogging and communication.
You see I have had
case of severe writers blog block, straining to justify to myself that every
post I write should be a direct link to being childfree or childless, as I am
not actually consumed, obsessed or even a dweller with categorising myself as
this. I merely just have no
children.
I began this site
as I noticed the overwhelming presence of mummy blogging and no real presence
of the in betweeners.
One mummy blogger
caught my attention as she continually exuded positivity to her followers, a
secure platform for all mothers to join and a motto to all to “take care of
your children’s mother.
This struck a
cord with me as although I did not follow all that was relevant to motherhood
blogwise. It was a reminder to all
mothers to remember, nurture and take care of themselves and their identity
- Who they were before they were
mothers. Which realistically rings
true to all of us.
Suddenly we are
all grown up and become so serious.
In the haste of life and its stresses we do forget to “live, love and
laugh” It is easy to forget who we
are, what we enjoy and who we want to be when bogged down by the responsibilities
of adulthood.
Recently I
witnessed the demise of this particular blogger as within this realm of
blogging came a lot of judgement, scrutiny, opinions and negativity.
In turn the longer
I keep this blog running the more evident to me it is that by deeming Chummies
for the “childfree or childless” is more or less serving the same agenda as
Mummy blogs – to appeal and categorise to the one genre. In turn isolating the community of support.
When in actual
fact we can all be in betweeners in some way. Some mothers dream to have the freedom, time or money of the
days before (not that they don’t love their little miracles), some people dream
of a home, some people dream of travel others dream of structure.
Having no
children does not define who I am.
Just as having children doesn’t define who they are.
So as much as
mummy blogs and mothers groups are a valuable learning and interaction resource,
they are manly directed as this- purely you as a mother.
When in actual
fact I do know that a lot of mothers really do value adult time and
conversation, life outside of their children. Of course there are the inevitable few that cannot separate
the two and solely exist now to talk, repeat and live everything their child
says, does, eats and poops. But for
me I value taking on board their stories, insight, trials, tribulations,
excitement and growth journey but also highly appreciate that they switch back
to – THEM!!.
So I embrace the invites, company and laughs - you are not a leper for having no children, just as you are not a failure for having no investments or hard done by for not having travelled we all have our own journey.
So my posts from now on may be relative to our way of life, which is having no children at this stage in life. But I enjoy writing and have been told by others they enjoy reading. So to cure my unplanned duffness I am claiming this to be a broad blog
So I embrace the invites, company and laughs - you are not a leper for having no children, just as you are not a failure for having no investments or hard done by for not having travelled we all have our own journey.
So my posts from now on may be relative to our way of life, which is having no children at this stage in life. But I enjoy writing and have been told by others they enjoy reading. So to cure my unplanned duffness I am claiming this to be a broad blog
A boutique destination, a get together
that still exists to inspire, motivate and support fellow chummies encouraging
each other in their endeavours, careers and general being.
Open to all
Chummies -
Chummies meaning by dictionary definition
of the word chummy:
Friendly, close, affectionate, buddies
Whether childless, childfree, male, female, mother father, parents, widows whatever.
This is a
positive non-judgemental platform of encouragement, love, life and laughter,
remembering who we are and remembering the important things in life. Because when we feel like CHUM (so
chumpy you can carve it) we always have our chummies.