tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82058323931351771372024-02-06T22:57:15.500-05:00Two Halves WholeMusings of an adult adoptee lost and found...rinse and repeat.Two Halves Wholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03850300746010588264noreply@blogger.comBlogger196125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205832393135177137.post-1880686128400451522014-04-18T09:14:00.003-04:002014-04-18T09:14:59.089-04:00Bound<div style="text-align: center;">
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"Close your mouth,<br />
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settle your dust.<br />
This is the primal identity.” <br />
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<em><strong>~</strong> Laozi, Tao Te Ching: A Literal Translation with an Introduction, Notes, and Commentary</em></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Someday, I would like to go home. The exact location of this place, I don't know, but someday I would like to go. There would be a pleasing feeling of familiarity and a sense of welcome in everything I saw. People would greet me warmly. They would remind me of the length of my absence and the thousands of miles I had travelled in those restless years, but mostly, they would tell me that I had been missed, and that things were better now I had returned. Autumn would come to this place of welcome, this place I would know to be home. Autumn would come and the air would grow cool, dry and magic, as it does that time of the year. At night, I would walk the streets but not feel lonely, for these are the streets of my home town. These are the streets that I had thought about while far away, and now I was back, and all was as it should be. The trees and the falling leaves would welcome me. I would look up at the moon, and remember seeing it in countries all over the world as I had restlessly journeyed for decades, never remembering it looking the same as when viewed from my hometown.”</span></div>
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Two Halves Wholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03850300746010588264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205832393135177137.post-79719843351438166992013-11-22T09:13:00.000-05:002013-11-22T09:21:12.210-05:00Luck be a ladyI'm lucky I landed in a caring family.<br />
I'm lucky they financially could afford me and other adopted children.<br />
I'm lucky they actually wanted kids more than anything else.<br />
I'm lucky they provided for me.<br />
I'm lucky they were nice.<br />
I'm lucky they understand now.<br />
I'm lucky I now understand.<br />
I'm lucky now I can appreciate.<br />
I'm lucky now they appreciate my struggle.<br />
I'm lucky to have broken through the fog.<br />
I'm lucky to have a story and be able to tell it.<br />
I'm lucky the story continues.<br />
I'm lucky to have found my voice.<br />
I'm luck to have found my tribe.<br />
I'm lucky I got the "luck" of the draw.<br />
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I'm unlucky that I will never be able to know me true ancestry...some maybe, but never truly all of it.<br />
I'm unlucky I will never be able to fully know my medical history.<br />
I'm unlucky that it's not easy asking...feeling intrusive...like a beggar for any tiny scrap of information.<br />
I'm unlucky to feel like an outsider.<br />
I'm unlucky it's so damn hard.<br />
I'm unlucky they don't understand.<br />
I'm unlucky I don't understand.<br />
I'm unlucky that I lose that voice sometimes...even now.<br />
I'm unlucky I will most likely never be able to hold my original birth certificate in my own hands.<br />
I'm unlucky that I have to beg for what is rightfully already mine.<br />
I'm unlucky the state deems me less important than the people who created me.<br />
I'm unlucky I have to mark a big red X on any medical questioniare.<br />
I'm unlucky that big red X makes my eyes water in public.<br />
I'm unlucky to get that head-tilt sad look from the doctor and nurses and hear that hushed "ohhh..."<br />
I'm unlucky that even now it's hard to explain.<br />
I'm unlucky there's a lump in my throat sometimes..still.<br />
I'm unlucky tears get triggered at the smallest of things.<br />
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I'm unlucky to be told how lucky I am.<br />
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~TwoTwo Halves Wholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03850300746010588264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205832393135177137.post-65227293973437941132013-08-09T09:27:00.001-04:002013-08-09T09:47:34.269-04:00Don't let it take you that long<div style="text-align: center;">
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">“Parents have such formidable power. They can protect you from all the pain in the world. Or inflict the hardest pain of all. And as children we accept what we get. Perhaps we believe that anything is better than that which we all fear the most. Loneliness. Abandonment. But once you accept that fact that you have always been alone, and will always be, then your perspective can begin to change. You can become aware of the small kindnesses, the little comforts. Be grateful for them. And with time you will understand that there is nothing to fear. And much to be grateful for. For me, the realization took a lifetime. Don't let it take you that long, Veronika.”</span></em></div>
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Two Halves Wholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03850300746010588264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205832393135177137.post-41989909349589085452013-06-28T08:53:00.001-04:002013-11-25T12:02:16.595-05:00Some days I'm not so sureI don't normally like to post negatives because I truly do believe that negative energy begets negative energy and I'm trying to be positive, move forward in my beliefs, thoughts, wishes, etc and to not get bogged down in the inertia of everyone elses "stuff". However, there are some days that are not so positive and wish-filled (as much I as I would like them to be, I do still live in the real world). I felt compelled to post this and really have hemmed and hawed about posting. For the record, I am not anti-adoption...I believe it can be done well, open and honest, without any secrets and lies, without shame. I believe it can be a beautiful thing, but it's a hard road, with ups and downs, loss and grief, happiness and sadness. It's a hard road full of compromises for anyone to have to go down, no matter what side of the adoption fence you reside. I have known and watched several open adoption families do so with grace, humility, love and complete openness and with that being said, they will also tell you how strong you have to be and how hard it truly can be.<br />
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My goal for this blog is to create a place of comfort for all of us to breathe & reboot, but in doing so, I have to remind myself that it is also a place of comfort for me...a place to get things off of my chest, for me to breathe and reboot, so here goes....The following is a post I wrote as a draft awhile ago and never posted...I went back and re-read it and it still gets me to my very core and I'm trying to wrap my head/heart around it...it still stings and I'm curious as to what you think about it all...<br />
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Sometimes you can be minding your own business, turn the corner and BAM! Adoption smacks you in the face. I was innocently following home decorating/design blog links and stumbled into a very beautiful blog. I was enjoying reading the posts about design and family until...<em>....RECORD SCRATCH.......</em>I realized this was an adopted family blog...a few posts in and there it was...their adoption story wherein the blog author (adoptive mother) posted the following (see below in red) about how excited she was to finally be able to stand before a judge, finalize the adoption and legally CHANGE their names (NOTE: these children were NOT infants by any means, so they KNEW their names and ANSWERED to them....at this point, they already had pretty strong identities!) and obtain <strike>illegal</strike> "amended" legal birth certificates with their "new" <strike>false</strike> names.<br />
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I felt like I was in a timewarp reading....that somehow I had just been transported back to the 1950s for a minute and it was in fact not 2013. Why are we still there....still? This was written only a year ago and, lo & behold, times haven't changed at all. Not one bit, it seems. It was heartbreaking to read the entire post and see pics of the judge smiling smugly and posing with the family he just "created by law"...hello pomp, circumstance and <strike>illegal</strike> legal practices which apparently are still going strong today. This is the same judge that will be playing God again when these children become adults and want their original birth certificates and he will deny them access to their own Original Birth Certificates (they do not live in an "open access" state). My hope is that the adoptive mother was at the very least thoughtful enough to obtain their original birth certificates prior to legally changing them and the judge sealing them away forever. One can only hope.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><em><strong>So yesterday our kiddos were named (old name) and (old name). Today they're (new name!) and (new name!).*</strong></em></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><em><strong>And officially, unquestionably, in the eyes of everyone, they're what we've known them to be all along -- ours. </strong></em></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><em><strong>*I've heard mixed thoughts about changing an adopted child's name. In our case, it was what we felt was right. Because of their stories, and because of some arguments made in Adopted for Life, it just made sense for us to give them new names. I understand there are good reasons for keeping kids' names, but this is just what we chose to do.</strong></em></span><br />
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</span>The "Adopted for Life" reference is apparently a hardcore <em>Southern Baptist</em> based book on adoption. I can only imagine what the "arguments" were in that book. I have not linked to the blog or the book because I do not want to drive traffic their way or cause any harm. I don't want to engage as I do feel everyone is entitled to their opinions, to say what they want to say on their own blogs, everyone has a right to their stories and feel the way they feel. I actually liked the blog and I'm sure she is a very lovely person, but because of my visceral reaction (my heart physically feeling kicked and that it leapt out of my chest toward those children), I felt strongly about posting about it here because I'm curious if anyone else in the adoption community has any thoughts on this...on changing names in this day and age...or is it just me?</div>
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Okay, stepping off soapbox now....<br />
xo TwoTwo Halves Wholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03850300746010588264noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205832393135177137.post-21445028324347722472013-06-27T09:48:00.003-04:002013-06-27T13:53:50.184-04:00Not the same<div style="text-align: center;">
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Two Halves Wholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03850300746010588264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205832393135177137.post-24025141632771982012013-04-05T09:15:00.002-04:002013-04-05T09:15:33.705-04:00Constellations<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Dandelion Sconce by the amazing artist </span><a href="http://sallybridgemetal.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sally Bridge</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> and can be yours </span><a href="http://sallybridgemetal.com/dandelion-sconce/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">here.</span></a></div>
Two Halves Wholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03850300746010588264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205832393135177137.post-67802412319653708532013-04-04T10:55:00.002-04:002013-11-25T11:47:04.485-05:00The one that sings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Two Halves Wholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03850300746010588264noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205832393135177137.post-59227442751501005292013-03-22T11:21:00.003-04:002013-03-22T11:30:27.406-04:00Face the truth<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I highly<em> </em>recommend this book. It is by</span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> far one of the most beautiful books I have ever read. A sparkling gem truly...Linda's words and writing style haunt me in such a lovely way...a little treasure to keep close at hand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I re-read this book at least once of year and always discover something new I hadn't seen or felt before. When I finish reading this again, I will curl up with Linda's new (to me) book "The Memory of Love" (previously released as "The Kindness of Your Nature"). I glanced at the first few pages and I'm already enchanted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Happy Friday friends,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">P.S. Part Two of <a href="http://www.brenebrown.com/my-blog/">Dr. Brene' Brown's</a><strong> </strong><a href="http://www.brenebrown.com/my-blog/"><em><strong>Super Sunday Soul</strong></em></a> series with Oprah airs this Sunday!</span></div>
Two Halves Wholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03850300746010588264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205832393135177137.post-29234905285766907472013-03-18T10:54:00.000-04:002013-03-18T10:56:14.370-04:00Super Soul Sunday with Dr. Brene' Brown Part Deux<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Did you watch </span><a href="http://www.oprah.com/own-super-soul-sunday/super-soul-sunday.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Super Soul Sunday</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">? What did you think?</span></div>
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Oprah <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">and Brene' were on fire...at one point Oprah called them "soulmates". So many AHA moments! It was right then and there that I realized I was watching Brene' catch a shooting star, with Oprah as her co-pilot. I watched with pride and admiration as these two inspiring women created the best kind of magic. They hit it off so well that one hour was not enough and Oprah asked her to tape another segment which will air next Sunday. I can't wait!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">For those of you who missed Part One and want to watch, you can catch the full episode online </span><a href="http://www.oprah.com/own-super-soul-sunday/Full-Episode-Oprah-and-Brene-Brown-on-Daring-Greatly-Video"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">You can watch a sneak peek at Part Two </span><a href="http://www.oprah.com/own-supersoulsunday/blogs/Coming-Up-Sunday-Dr-Bren233-Brown-on-Stopping-Shame"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> which will air this Sunday on </span><a href="http://www.oprah.com/own-supersoulsunday/blogs/Coming-Up-Sunday-Dr-Bren233-Brown-on-Stopping-Shame#ixzz2Ntw8s9PA"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Super Soul Sunday</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Tune in for the second part of Oprah's interview with Dr. Brown on Sunday, March 24, at 11 a.m. ET/PT on OWN. You can also join the worldwide simulcast on </span><a href="http://oprah.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Oprah.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">, </span><a href="http://facebook.com/supersoulsunday"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">facebook.com/supersoulsunday</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> and </span><a href="http://facebook.com/owntv."><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Facebook.com/owntv.</span></a></div>
Two Halves Wholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03850300746010588264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205832393135177137.post-31031192808232632232013-03-15T09:44:00.003-04:002013-03-15T09:47:55.630-04:00SuperSoulSunday with Dr. Brene' Brown<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sunday's the day! </span><a href="http://www.brenebrown.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Dr. Brene' Brown</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> sits down with Oprah for her Super Soul Sunday series. I have become completely addicted to this series! It's the perfect way to start every Sunday. If you don't have cable like me, it live streams on the internet (see below for info/links) which is what I'll be doing Sunday morning, along with a cup of tea and a cozy blanket. I can't wait. You can see a preview video clip </span><a href="http://www.oprah.com/own-supersoulsunday/blogs/Coming-Up-Sunday-Dr-Bren233-Brown-on-Daring-Greatly"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> and read Brene's blog posts about it </span><a href="http://www.ordinarycourage.com/my-blog/2013/3/12/whoa-this-is-big-big-big-somebody-ring-some-bells.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> & </span><a href="http://www.ordinarycourage.com/my-blog/2013/3/14/more-fun-news.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">here.</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This truly is lightning striking in the best way possible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Watch Oprah's complete interview with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/brenebrown">Dr. Brené Brown</a> on Sunday, March 17, at 11 a.m. ET/PT on OWN. You can also join worldwide simulcast on <a href="http://oprah.com/">Oprah.com</a>, <a href="http://facebook.com/supersoulsunday">Facebook.com/supersoulsunday</a> and <a href="http://facebook.com/owntv">Facebook.com/owntv</a>.</span><br />
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<br />Two Halves Wholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03850300746010588264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205832393135177137.post-77875302357346061362013-02-25T11:43:00.001-05:002013-11-25T11:48:33.846-05:00Currently reading...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Two Halves Wholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03850300746010588264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205832393135177137.post-67160022767448826612013-02-19T14:39:00.000-05:002013-11-25T11:50:18.371-05:00Light<div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">headlight</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">light</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">lightbulb</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">lighten</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">lightful</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">lightheaded</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">lighthearted</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">lighthouse</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">lightness</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">lightning</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">lightweight</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">limelight</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">searchlight</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">sidelight</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">skylight</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">spotlight</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">starlight</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">streetlight</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">sunlight</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">superlight</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">torchlight</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">twilight</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">ultralight</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">uplight</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">*Porcelain dandelion candle can be yours </span><a href="https://www.queenb.com.au/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">here</span></a></div>
Two Halves Wholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03850300746010588264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205832393135177137.post-62467370441571136342013-02-14T15:04:00.001-05:002013-11-25T11:51:28.442-05:00Love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">xo Two</span></div>
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Two Halves Wholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03850300746010588264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205832393135177137.post-48085625764487943572013-01-30T09:36:00.003-05:002013-01-30T09:45:58.169-05:00Worthy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I can't say enough about Brene' Brown</div>
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go...now...</div>
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<a href="http://www.brenebrown.com/books/">read</a> and <a href="http://www.brenebrown.com/videos/">watch</a></div>
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get to know <a href="http://www.brenebrown.com/">her</a></div>
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You won't regret it...I promise.</div>
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She's my kind of superhero!</div>
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<em>xo Two</em> </div>
Two Halves Wholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03850300746010588264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205832393135177137.post-61733212363422086402013-01-28T11:05:00.003-05:002013-01-28T11:08:22.561-05:00Piece: A portion or part that has been separated from a whole<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've always been fascinated by mixed media collage</div>
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where new and vintage collide</div>
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the art of putting puzzle pieces together</div>
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Not unlike being adopted</div>
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born with pieces</div>
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stories</div>
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fragments</div>
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truths and lies</div>
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dichotomy</div>
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known and unknown</div>
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Adoptees are the ultimate collage artists</div>
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piecing fragmented stories together</div>
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trying to make sense of it all</div>
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Wholeness.</div>
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The above and below pieces are by one of my favorite collage artists, <a href="http://maryemmahawthorne.com/about_slideshow.html"><em>Mary Emma Hawthorne</em></a>.</div>
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I'm completely smitten and inspired by her work, especially her <a href="http://maryemmahawthorne.com/bird_paper.html"><em>bird series</em></a>.</div>
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So inspiring...</div>
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I'm off to cut, paste, glue, paint</div>
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play...breathe...create</div>
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rinse and repeat</div>
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Enjoy,</div>
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<em>xo Two</em></div>
Two Halves Wholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03850300746010588264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205832393135177137.post-20725739884401159172013-01-24T14:33:00.001-05:002013-01-24T14:33:09.182-05:00Inheriting the unknownIt's almost too cold to write these days...<br />
biting winter, never enough layers<br />
Pulling inward...dealing...back to basics<br />
eat (well)...breathe (deep)...shower (hot)...sleep (lots)<br />
Rinse...Repeat<br />
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Dealing with something I most likely inherited...<br />
that has no cure<br />
but comes complete with a shit ton of vulnerability<br />
heaping tons<br />
thanks ever so much.<br />
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And just when you think you're on solid ground...<br />
oh the joy<br />
in this unknown medical history game we all play<br />
and because there is no communication<br />
there is no comfort or answered questions<br />
no enlightenment<br />
so am dealing<br />
daily<br />
holistically: "Emphasizing the importance of the whole and the interdependence of its parts."<br />
looking for the bright side<br />
trying not to make any sudden moves<br />
to wake the sleeping giants of fear.<br />
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For now just pretending I don't see them<br />
and self medicating with dark chocolate<br />
while dreaming of spring<br />
and dandelions<br />
lots and lots of dandelions<br />
rinse and repeat<br />
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xo Two<br />
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(Thanks to all who have sent notes of concern as to my whereabouts and offered comforting words...they mean the world to me xoxo)Two Halves Wholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03850300746010588264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205832393135177137.post-23092704512686072842013-01-04T12:21:00.001-05:002013-01-04T12:28:13.680-05:00Lost and found<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I've been meaning to post this song by Phillip Phillips forever now...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">(don't you just love his name...makes me smile).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I would make a mental note of it in the car to post it here</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">(after cranking the volume up & singing along!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">and then I would be so blissed out by it that my mental note would promptly fly out of the window.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The song is pure bliss. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I just adore it. It reaches inside and pulls you out of your funk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">So </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">beautiful and hopeful...just what I need to start 2013 off in the right direction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Huge thanks to the lovely Mindy Tsonas over at her shiny new beautiful blog</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="http://www.wishstudiolife.com/#!/2013/01/home-13.html">WishStudioLife</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">for the reminder...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">(your kids have awesome musical tastes!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Enjoy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Be true to you...</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>xo Two</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><em>HOME</em></strong> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Hold on, to me as we go<br />As we roll down this unfamiliar road<br />And although this wave is stringing us along<br />Just know you're not alone<br /><!--Home Lyrics is from http://www.sing365.com-->Cause I'm going to make this place your home<br /><br />Settle down, it'll all be clear<br />Don't pay no mind to the demons<br />They fill you with fear<br />The trouble it might drag you down<br />If you get lost, you can always be found<br /><br />Just know you're not alone<br />Cause I'm going to make this place your home<br /><br />Settle down, it'll all be clear<br />Don't pay no mind to the demons<br />They fill you with fear<br />The trouble it might drag you down<br />If you get lost, you can always be found<br /><br />Just know you're not alone<br />Cause I'm going to make this place your home</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">~Phillip Phillips</span></div>
Two Halves Wholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03850300746010588264noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205832393135177137.post-13405203111924669542012-12-31T13:58:00.000-05:002013-04-30T20:24:56.098-04:00Here<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful photograph by the very talented <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessnichols/">Jessica Nichols</a><br />
To see more of her work, please wander over to her lovely <a href="http://www.sweeteventide.com/">blog</a> and her <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SweetEventide">etsy shop</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">i'm still here...<br />an unexpected yet necessary break from blogging<br />nablopomo was a wash for me...i got the usual seasons changing cold<br />that knocked me on my a$%<br />it was clear i wasn't taking care of my self quite enough</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">self care for a few days which tumbled into an unexpected break from blogging</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">to recharge...to refill...to reconnect...to reconfigure.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Then december hit like a freight train...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">i so desperately tried to fall back in love with christmas</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">to find my childlike wonder of the holidays and to enjoy</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">but alas the december chaos took over</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">then i lost what little spirit i had found with the senseless Newtown tragedy</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">which broke my heart in so many ways</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">it shifted the ground under my feet...still trying to find my footing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">christmas morning was melancholy...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">i kept thinking about the newtown families and what they were waking up to...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">for what they have to endure</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My christmas was quiet, internal, reflective...simple white candles were lit, simple twinkle </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">lights this year only...no loud red and green decorations...out of respect...out of love...out of my need for calm...for quiet...for stillness</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So here i am...i'm back</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">attempting restoration, resiliency and hopefulness...looking to the new year</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">following my inner voice to focus only on the love, the lessons and not the losses</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">to keep moving forward even when i don't want to...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">to keep changing and rearranging even when i don't want to...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">hope everyone is well...i've missed you...i've missed this place</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">happy new year with love and light.</span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">be true to you,</span></strong><br />
<strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">xo two</span></em></strong>Two Halves Wholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03850300746010588264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205832393135177137.post-60717761829860878312012-11-12T09:38:00.000-05:002012-11-12T09:38:00.058-05:00Apologies<div style="text-align: center;">
So sorry everyone...my hope in catching up this weekend turned into tons of self -care and rest (read: bed to couch, take cold meds, couch to bed, take cold meds...rinse and repeat). Still feeling crummy but on the mend. Fingers crossed, I can catch up on posting this week. Thanks for bearing with me.</div>
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xo Two</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgytQZdCg8k8HmTnFSqjNpMu44KPJjrRNx3Q8_0yrZBhanO921dA-M8MHYoq83DhH-sTOH0EhrOXChp6pgMLSP-7BihZh_Fu92C-DpdrEYzuOorNT6bGU-HPahgvQSKM0Foz4i1wu3WmZU/s1600/danddailyherbinfoblogspot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a> I seem to have blinked and an entire week went by...how did that happen?! Please forgive my lack of posting...it's been a crazy week and I am a bit under the weather. I'm hoping to curl up this weekend with a heaping portion of self-care, many hot mugs of soothing tea and catch up on writing posts using last week's NAAM & NaBloPoMo prompts. </div>
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I'm also looking forward to catching up on reading everyone's most recent posts...from what I've read so far you guys are amazing!<br /><br />And speaking of self-care...</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Loving this </span><a href="http://www.declassifiedadoptee.com/2012/11/adoption-activism-self-care-burn-out.html"><span style="font-family: inherit;">post</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> on Adoption Activism, Self-Care & Burnout over at </span><a href="http://www.declassifiedadoptee.com/"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Declassified Adoptee</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Have a great Friday everyone. Hope you'll stay tuned this weekend for my catch-up posts marathon!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">xo Two</span></div>
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