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Blogs for Adoptees (according to Blisstree…) | Growing Up Grabowski
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Blogs for Adoptees (according to Blisstree…). OK, I swore I was going to sleep, but then I found the list, “The Best of the Best: Top 50 Adoption Blogs” from Blisstree. Seriously, how could I pass this up? They even did the hard part for me and separated the blogs by category, one of which is “Adoptees.” Check out these four blogs by adopted children (note: I didn’t list the others b/c they’re private):. 3 Generations of Adoption. 8211; again, these writers can speak for themselves (and very well, I migh...
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See you next Wednesday. | iBastard
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From the cradle to the grave. See you next Wednesday. August 9, 2007. I’m coming back on Tuesday but I realized I probably won’t get around to blogging until Wednesday, so as much as I wanted to write “See you next Tuesday,” it would be a lie. Plus I may even decide to take my computer with me at the last minute and actually find time to blog. Anyhow, this should be interesting. Responses to “See you next Wednesday.”. Feed for this Entry. August 9, 2007 at 8:08 am. August 9, 2007 at 9:42 pm. Looking forw...
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Painful truths. | iBastard
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From the cradle to the grave. The journey of my adopted self. August 18, 2007. The first painful truth I learned about my adoption is that my mother is dead. I did not realize it would be the first in a sequence of painful truths. Here is a painful truth: My mother gave me up to save a marriage that failed a few years later. Here is a painful truth: My mother’s life was hard. There were only a few years where she didn’t live paycheck to paycheck, and those years were a long time ago. With one exception,.
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Lost and found. | iBastard
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From the cradle to the grave. August 16, 2007. They totally accepted me, too. They told me how much I look like my mother, and it was really good to hear that in person. I was not an adoptee, my mother was not my birthmother. I was a nephew and a cousin. I was a member of the family. It felt good. It’s hard for me to write about the specifics of the trip. It’s all so deeply personal I’m just not ready to share it, at least not yet. Responses to “Lost and found.”. Feed for this Entry. OMG yes, yes, YES!
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Adoption and racism. | iBastard
https://ibastard.wordpress.com/2007/08/08/adoption-and-racism
From the cradle to the grave. Watching you without me. See you next Wednesday. August 8, 2007. This post has been revised. I published the previous version by accident when I meant to save it as a draft. Sorry about that.]. I have been reading. Over on the Resist Racism blog that some people may need this sort of thing spelled out for them. What is a “white” baby, except a baby that everyone who sees it will agree is white? I wonder how many adopted “white” babies would not be considered whit...Is it mor...
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The journey of my adopted self. | iBastard
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From the cradle to the grave. The journey of my adopted self. August 22, 2007. I’ve been trying to read Lifton’s. Journey of the Adopted Self. But the biggest problem I have with it so far is that it seems like Lifton is trying to describe. I’m not saying being adopted wasn’t painful for me back then, or that I didn’t spend a lot of time wondering about it. I just don’t remember it that well. And it makes me worry, was I just not paying enough attention? Have I buried a bunch of memories? I think the ind...
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I have returned. | iBastard
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From the cradle to the grave. See you next Wednesday. August 15, 2007. Well, I made it back. I’ll write a full update when I have time, but overall things went very well. Thank you, all of you who have left supportive comments. I’m still processing everything, and I probably will be for quite a while, but it was definitely worth doing and I’m really glad I went. Responses to “I have returned.”. Feed for this Entry. August 15, 2007 at 5:55 pm. August 15, 2007 at 10:28 pm. So glad to hear it! The journey o...
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Watching you without me. | iBastard
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From the cradle to the grave. Oh, how I miss adoption fog. Watching you without me. August 6, 2007. I realized recently that I much prefer looking at pictures of my mom from when she was younger, from before I was born. There’s a set of pictures that I’m not sure about, that might be from afterward. I don’t know how I feel about those pictures. But the ones from later, the few that I have, I don’t like looking at them as much. This is your life, without me. This is my life, without you. 8220;Sometimes I ...
