Another stunning installment. I feel there is another one right behind it and wouldn’t be surprised if you posted again tomorrow! Your story makes me think of my own story and what it has meant to have a father who was orphaned at birth - left in a hospital for six months- and after a series of orphanages and foster homes was adopted at age 11! So, your writing has me thinking, very much today about generational effects and especially about my siblings (6 of them). We are experts as abandonment. We do it to each other all the time - leaving each other at the curb. Perhaps we seek that out in other relationships too…carrying internal posters “abandon me” “adopt me” to keep the familiar pattern going.
Love this, Emily. On so many levels. As it applies to becoming who we are and have always been at the core of all
of it. xoxo
Another stunning installment. I feel there is another one right behind it and wouldn’t be surprised if you posted again tomorrow! Your story makes me think of my own story and what it has meant to have a father who was orphaned at birth - left in a hospital for six months- and after a series of orphanages and foster homes was adopted at age 11! So, your writing has me thinking, very much today about generational effects and especially about my siblings (6 of them). We are experts as abandonment. We do it to each other all the time - leaving each other at the curb. Perhaps we seek that out in other relationships too…carrying internal posters “abandon me” “adopt me” to keep the familiar pattern going.
Thank you, for reading and thank you for your thoughtful comments. So true….