tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230536403092090594.post6208615207683972830..comments2023-04-30T04:41:19.630-07:00Comments on Assembling Self: Adoptee's Genetics Speak - Please Listen CarefullyAssembling Selfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00106371702041450240noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230536403092090594.post-72809671785807911862013-07-02T06:57:39.816-07:002013-07-02T06:57:39.816-07:00Thank you Carrie for your comment love the analogy...Thank you Carrie for your comment love the analogy. Makes sense.Assembling Selfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00106371702041450240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230536403092090594.post-68512142958067156232013-06-04T16:57:06.723-07:002013-06-04T16:57:06.723-07:00I liken it to having lived with only one lung your...I liken it to having lived with only one lung your whole life, but then suddenly getting full access of both... You don't know what was missing until you find it...<br /><br />For us closed-system adoptees, the "it" is our genetic tribe, who are family but strangers (our adoptive tribe being strangers turned family).<br /><br />It's very heady to get that full dose of oxygen, when all along you thought you were just fine with only one lung. <br /><br />For me, once I realized what I had been missing (genetic mirroring), I was angry about adoption in a way I had never been before. <br /><br />Thank you for this post!<br /><br />~Carrieccmhatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17173271158231541726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230536403092090594.post-11932890169983850132013-05-31T09:09:21.708-07:002013-05-31T09:09:21.708-07:00Thanks Peach I thought most adoptees would. :)Thanks Peach I thought most adoptees would. :)Assembling Selfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00106371702041450240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230536403092090594.post-54938498551282295282013-05-30T09:07:54.944-07:002013-05-30T09:07:54.944-07:00Beautiful post...I relate. Beautiful post...I relate. Samantha Franklinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18249283547377633349noreply@blogger.com