tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230536403092090594.post4523278156770678786..comments2023-04-30T04:41:19.630-07:00Comments on Assembling Self: Myths and Misconceptions in AdoptionAssembling Selfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00106371702041450240noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230536403092090594.post-64563546622658474172010-11-06T18:17:10.874-07:002010-11-06T18:17:10.874-07:00Someone once commented that at least knowing your ...Someone once commented that at least knowing your (bio) mother being physically alive was better than an adoptee whose (bio) mother is physically dead.<br /><br />I commented back: as a TRA, I beg to differ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230536403092090594.post-82335103866087713132010-11-02T15:33:22.245-07:002010-11-02T15:33:22.245-07:00It just sucks doesn't it Von??? Shouldn't...It just sucks doesn't it Von??? Shouldn't have to be like this...and hopefully if we continue the fight it won't.Assembling Selfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00106371702041450240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230536403092090594.post-78034121602152081922010-11-02T15:31:15.965-07:002010-11-02T15:31:15.965-07:00Makes great sense to me too.I was lucky and found ...Makes great sense to me too.I was lucky and found mine but the downside is you then suffer the loss all over again so you get to bear the deaths of four parents instead of the usual two.Another bonus of adoption!Vonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17421069895155350144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230536403092090594.post-41580079900397013602010-11-02T11:18:39.655-07:002010-11-02T11:18:39.655-07:00Thank you. It was something I read and heard at a...Thank you. It was something I read and heard at an adoption conference workshop. It has always stuck with me and made sense. Hopefully it will for others too.Assembling Selfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00106371702041450240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230536403092090594.post-60242343625928773992010-11-02T10:33:59.243-07:002010-11-02T10:33:59.243-07:00"If I tell someone I lost my mother when I wa..."If I tell someone I lost my mother when I was born their natural reply is one of sympathy for my loss. If I tell someone I was adopted the usual response is regarding how lucky I am. They are both the same thing."<br /><br /> -simply brilliant, Karen!d28bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05866860173755756630noreply@blogger.com