tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post8975063162813289107..comments2023-07-28T02:29:08.172-07:00Comments on Production, Not Reproduction | A blog about open adoption: BrothersHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05737780263679929983noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-70449175906316059162011-08-09T04:55:00.172-07:002011-08-09T04:55:00.172-07:00Thanks for your honesty...Tulip is going to have a...Thanks for your honesty...Tulip is going to have another sister in November and I am still processing how we will have these talks with her as she gets older. Likely there will be additional siblings by then as well.<br /><br />Your candidness is very validating. Thank you!Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03929532974271442167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-31538117859447460932011-08-07T22:23:51.163-07:002011-08-07T22:23:51.163-07:00Another winner of a post about a very difficult si...Another winner of a post about a very difficult situation. And funny in a dark funny kind of way. My son will certainly have siblings or half siblings in the future. My biggest hope is that they arrive when he is much older so he'll "understand." I have enough panic over how to tell him he was adopted and who is birthparents are and what all that means let alone introducing the concept of siblings.... *sigh*<br /><br />I hope you and your friend don't mind but I will be adopting (adopting ha ha) that mantra as well.harriet glynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17223388139583386938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-15154487704622055612011-08-05T16:22:29.568-07:002011-08-05T16:22:29.568-07:00I want that to be my mantra too!I want that to be my mantra too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-56884462248913268232011-08-04T10:37:45.242-07:002011-08-04T10:37:45.242-07:00I have to say I so enjoy reading these glimpses in...I have to say I so enjoy reading these glimpses into what adoptive parenthood is like! I'm a birthmother to a 21-month old, have no other children by birth, and am not planning to have more either, so I cannot say what I understand from Eddie's bmom's point of view. However, my dad was placed for adoption along with at least one other sibling. He grew up thinking his parents had placed an only child, but the little blurb he was able to find on his adoption told him that his parents placed more than one. He's not found his biological brother and/or sister (or perhaps more than one of each!), and his adoptive parents have been gone for a few years now. I know as my dad's child that I'd love to meet my biological aunt(s) and/or uncle(s), so I can put myself in Eddie's shoes. Thank you for sharing so deeply. My heart and prayers go out to you as you deal with your own feelings on the subject and help Eddie deal with his.Monikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09598390010327967653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-28899605832921029582011-08-04T07:18:18.224-07:002011-08-04T07:18:18.224-07:00"It's a long life" I need to start ..."It's a long life" I need to start using this mantra. Liam has been talking about his siblings more and more, and it's hard to always answer "I don't know". Soon (very soon I suspect) Liam is going to be of an age to take matters in his own hands and just reach out to his siblings, consequences be damned. <br /><br />If nothing else, it's going to be an interesting long life!Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00918826364837237450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-8462261000806810402011-08-04T06:39:45.641-07:002011-08-04T06:39:45.641-07:00Powerful stuff, the weaving together of the variou...Powerful stuff, the weaving together of the various meanings of 'family'. As an adult adoptee with a fracture relationship with my adoptive parents and scant information on my birth family, I am beginning to look at it as 'family', those that I chose to love unconditionally and who chose me in the same way, and 'relatives', those that I am connected to because of familial ties but who don't know or get me.<br /><br />You have a very evolved and centered view, it seems and your children will benefit immensely from that.It Is What It Ishttp://itiswhatitisorisit.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-21576516177734858842011-08-04T06:27:48.492-07:002011-08-04T06:27:48.492-07:00what an intense experience for the little guy. I&#...what an intense experience for the little guy. I'm sure this will take a lot of unfolding over time. <br /><br />still sad for everyone about this situation. but how cool that you actually saw a pic on twitter!lunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15455301696832647867noreply@blogger.com