tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230536403092090594.post7460295231692094561..comments2023-04-30T04:41:19.630-07:00Comments on Assembling Self: Adoptee FacepalmsAssembling Selfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00106371702041450240noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230536403092090594.post-19874475783524975272013-04-29T00:09:08.726-07:002013-04-29T00:09:08.726-07:00Thank you for this post! I have these facepalms o...Thank you for this post! I have these facepalms often. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230536403092090594.post-30408890666022073292012-11-10T14:00:15.169-08:002012-11-10T14:00:15.169-08:00 Well said...I will post and hope some of those la... Well said...I will post and hope some of those lacking in understanding will take the time to read...maybe it will help..thxClairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03115770175794075852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230536403092090594.post-768106753379737652012-11-05T11:18:18.552-08:002012-11-05T11:18:18.552-08:00Addison my writing is always free to share and for...Addison my writing is always free to share and forward as long as it remains credited to me and remains in original form. Thanks again!Assembling Selfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00106371702041450240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230536403092090594.post-26578118013775649692012-11-05T11:14:52.181-08:002012-11-05T11:14:52.181-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Assembling Selfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00106371702041450240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230536403092090594.post-57346296666202103402012-11-05T07:38:04.523-08:002012-11-05T07:38:04.523-08:00Thanks! I started using my hands to face palm ins...Thanks! I started using my hands to face palm instead of pulling hair out of my head LOL.Assembling Selfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00106371702041450240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230536403092090594.post-58425839032775311272012-11-05T06:42:02.818-08:002012-11-05T06:42:02.818-08:00A thoughtful and beautifully written article. I ju...A thoughtful and beautifully written article. I just provided a link to this on my DNA Testing Adviser Facebook Page. http://www.facebook.com/DNATestingAdviserDNA Testing Adviserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13702778003025458468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230536403092090594.post-85992526346290298892012-11-05T05:56:50.574-08:002012-11-05T05:56:50.574-08:00This is a great post. I'd love to offer it to ...This is a great post. I'd love to offer it to a friend who gives adoption trainings.<br /><br />People really do say hurtful things even though they mean well. I was just talking with someone yesterday who spent some time in another country, connected to adoption. She said that, in that country, people would say or ask whatever they wanted, and it was socially acceptable; but it was also socially acceptable to decline to answer. In the US, there's really a societal expectations of answering questions, which makes us feel uncomfortable or rude when we want to let someone know that what they've asked or said isn't really their business. I hadn't thought of that before; but it might be helpful to know that, in some places, "I like you, but I'm not going to respond to that thing you just said" is a socially acceptable response. Nice post :)Addisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12732176527883570863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230536403092090594.post-35632474684398643262012-11-04T21:41:18.823-08:002012-11-04T21:41:18.823-08:00Excellent post!!Excellent post!!Real Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16361127479878590761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230536403092090594.post-54732890253726065612012-11-04T15:51:15.973-08:002012-11-04T15:51:15.973-08:00While I know there are many 'bad' outcomes...While I know there are many 'bad' outcomes of searches...I dare anyone to read THE GIRLS WHO WENT AWAY, and question those of us born in the 50's, 60's, and 70's as to why we are searching when we were 'given away'. To all the mothers who had children TAKEN AWAY; Hand on! We are still looking! Thanks KBB, good writing as always.lavendarladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02225889741711888427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230536403092090594.post-75939756757852771452012-11-04T08:45:32.961-08:002012-11-04T08:45:32.961-08:00Thank you! There was so much more I could say as ...Thank you! There was so much more I could say as you stated how do you wrap your head around being loved by parents who gave you up and walked away? Another Face Palm! I end up doing the blank "blink blink" of cartoon characters trying to absorb the misunderstood facts about being adopted. :)Assembling Selfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00106371702041450240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230536403092090594.post-64864716710484487742012-11-04T08:39:13.036-08:002012-11-04T08:39:13.036-08:00Well said! Great post...I nodded YES the whole wa...Well said! Great post...I nodded YES the whole way through. I just blogged a bit about my biggest pet peeve statement people make...where you hear the ambiguous "Your parents loved you so much they gave you away"...which to me is when I shake my head...huh?, hear the "record scratch" and the music stops, as it makes no sense and teaches the wrong lesson. Thanks for writing this! xo TwoTwo Halves Wholehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03850300746010588264noreply@blogger.com