tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230536403092090594.post5157994463651687524..comments2023-04-30T04:41:19.630-07:00Comments on Assembling Self: Holiday ReflectionsAssembling Selfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00106371702041450240noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230536403092090594.post-8593180304687149942010-12-11T14:59:48.867-08:002010-12-11T14:59:48.867-08:00Von very true. "Remake" wow what a coinc...Von very true. "Remake" wow what a coincidence. I think I've been around the reunion block enough to know that finding doesn't solve everything. But for me I don't have much else to lose. I have been rejected by two families adoptive and birth. And, part of that was having to reject and severe the dysfunctional treatment and relationship my adoptive parents only had to offer me. Names and photos and genealogy would be better than the nothing I know have.Assembling Selfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00106371702041450240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230536403092090594.post-20894700467284075292010-12-11T13:11:31.389-08:002010-12-11T13:11:31.389-08:00I hope you all find what you are looking for.It is...I hope you all find what you are looking for.It is the answer to much but not the solution to all our problems and often creates new ones.<br />My journey has been long and this year for the first time I will share Christmas with my sister, a huge event for both of us.<br />ps my word verification was 'remake'!Vonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17421069895155350144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230536403092090594.post-89124487414097439962010-12-11T12:56:16.868-08:002010-12-11T12:56:16.868-08:00JoAnne I thought of you when I was writing this. ...JoAnne I thought of you when I was writing this. I know what you hope for most and I pray one day you will get it and soon. The world invalidates us as adoptees every day in every way. We are here to say HELL NO unacceptable, and validate each other. Being adopted means the loss of names and photos, and people we will never know. Thanks for listening. :)Assembling Selfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00106371702041450240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230536403092090594.post-22497027285335429362010-12-11T12:02:08.492-08:002010-12-11T12:02:08.492-08:00Oh, we are so on the same page Karen. I left a FB ...Oh, we are so on the same page Karen. I left a FB comment yesterday to a FB question,"What is on your Christmas wish list this year?" With some vulnerability I wrote, "a picture of my birth father." There were a number of thumbs up for the many other wishes, but mine stood alone. Sadly, I thought having a thumbs up would somehow validate my feelings. Thinking to myself, I wondered what makes one wish more or less important than another individuals. I have always felt it is because we are just adopted that our dreams just don't matter nearly as much as the next person. Your words resonate in my heart, "For many adoptees family means many different things, different feelings and issues, and the difference of missing, lost and relatives unknown." Thanks for sharing!JoAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13289723093058838159noreply@blogger.com