An inspirational meditation on the beauty and meaningfulness of a woman's life without children.
This is a book for women who have not walked the traditional, well-beaten path to the Delivery Room. It is for women who, for whatever reasons, find themselves in the uncharted territory of not having become mothers.
Make no mistake, this is not a consolation prize, a lesson in turning lemons into lemonade or "How to be Happy in Spite of Yourself" book. Rather it is a travel journal, sometimes painfully detailed, of Joan's personal voyage from the heartache of longing for a child, across the a sea of traditional expectations, to a tranquil, unexplored land, lush with possibilities. It is a personal account of the process Joan went through on this journey, from which she emerged incredibly whole, bountiful and awed by a sense of peace she could never have predicted.
