Child Free By Choice

Will that ever not be controversial?

(Illustration by Hannah Barczyk, found at thewalrus.ca)

Being a woman of a certain age with no children, by choice, still seems like bold life decision. The shift in terminology from ‘childless’ to ‘child free’ felt like a big cultural shift. Finally, an acknowledgement that those of us who have chosen not to have children do not feel as though we are ‘l…