Well – I’ve been a bit
naughty leaving it for a month to write a new entry…can I blame the holiday
season? I think so!
To make up for it – I’m
doing two blog entries today…
The first…I am very
excited to say that an extract from my book “When You Can’t Have Kids” has been
published in the Mail Online. Along with lots and lots of photos of us, and our
family, and our dogs (Ari and Odi are now selling autographed copies of their
photos at $5 a pop as they believe they are famous now…I’m kidding of course!)
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| Ari and Odi |
My own reactions,
apart from being thrilled, have surprised me. Reading the extract, after not
having read my book for some time, has brought about some of that old sorrow I
used to regularly feel.
It’s not overwhelming,
but there is a definite wistfulness and wondering why not us. I’ve also been sincerely
moved, almost to tears, by the comments of support that I have received from
friends, family, and from complete strangers. The book is doing exactly what I
wanted it to do – to let people who can’t or are struggling to have children know
that they are not alone, and to give people in the wider community some
understanding about what it’s like to not be able to have children.
I’ve also read some
negative comments about the extract – and these have impacted on me as well. I’ve
felt a bit hurt by some of them, but at the same time I know that there is more
support than not and that the comments that are negative are generally due to a
lack of understanding or to a personal view. However, I also respect these
people for making their comments and will always defend their right to make
them.
You know – even if I
never sell another copy of the book (although I hope I do!) I would still be
delighted with how it has turned out. A cathartic process for me in writing it,
support for those in similar situations to Kirby and me, and helping people to
understand more about infertility.
It’s all I hoped to achieve.
