tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24937457.post114495792563516567..comments2009-05-14T13:02:39.424-07:00Comments on Empty Cereal Box: UnemployableMariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17469979277395103857noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24937457.post-85917123000013723572006-11-22T18:23:00.000-08:002006-11-22T18:23:00.000-08:00Ugh. I'm working so hard on trying to change that...Ugh. I'm working so hard on trying to change that "default to rejection" you speak of. It's not easy. I think part of the first step is just awareness of it... I wasn't even aware of it until very recently.<br /><br />Keep us posted on how you work with that... I will tell you if I stumble upon anything that works well in this manner. A therapist I once saw likened it to a tree that had grownWild Orchidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11168725230935908353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24937457.post-1144958307497270022006-04-13T12:58:00.000-07:002006-04-13T12:58:00.000-07:00# emptycerealbox Says:April 9th, 2006 at 1:22 pm ...# emptycerealbox Says:<BR/>April 9th, 2006 at 1:22 pm e<BR/><BR/>Gwendolyn-As I read your comment here tears stung my eyes. I don’t know which is stronger, my anger or my sadness. We adoptees try so hard to make some sense out of our lives. All my life I’ve felt so alone, outside, and utterly lost. When I read common threads like yours and other adoptees I know I’m not alone, even if I can’t seeMariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17469979277395103857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24937457.post-1144958246412845412006-04-13T12:57:00.000-07:002006-04-13T12:57:00.000-07:00# Gwendolyn Says:April 8th, 2006 at 8:50 pm eThou...# Gwendolyn Says:<BR/>April 8th, 2006 at 8:50 pm e<BR/><BR/>Thought I might add this link to my art work around my life story and adoption.<BR/><BR/>http://autobiographyartexhibit.blogspot.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24937457.post-1144958194264281972006-04-13T12:56:00.000-07:002006-04-13T12:56:00.000-07:00# Gwendolyn Says:April 8th, 2006 at 8:01 pm eIt i...# Gwendolyn Says:<BR/>April 8th, 2006 at 8:01 pm e<BR/><BR/>It is surprising to me that there are these common threads in the adoptee experience. I have always thought that living on the “fringes” of the employment world was just my idocincracy. It never occurred to me that it had to do with my shaky ability to attach and connect with human beings because I was adopted and then some. That is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24937457.post-1144958140475159662006-04-13T12:55:00.000-07:002006-04-13T12:55:00.000-07:00# emptycerealbox Says:April 7th, 2006 at 3:36 pm ...# emptycerealbox Says:<BR/>April 7th, 2006 at 3:36 pm e<BR/><BR/>Rhonda-I love your writing style. And I forgot to mention how beautiful I think your blog is. And hilarous. If I want a good laugh, I know where to go now. Yeah, I think writing a blog is like sweeping the dust out of a room that’s been closed up for too long. Sometimes the things I write surprise me. That’s a good thing, I guess.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17469979277395103857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24937457.post-1144958070931846332006-04-13T12:54:00.000-07:002006-04-13T12:54:00.000-07:00Rhonda Says:April 7th, 2006 at 2:50 pm eWe could c...Rhonda Says:<BR/>April 7th, 2006 at 2:50 pm e<BR/><BR/>We could compare notes on just about everything you’ve written here. I could have written it myself, though not as well.<BR/><BR/>This line:<BR/><BR/>Others defined me with absolute authority, and I didn’t even understand that I was being defined.<BR/><BR/>was so especially powerful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com