tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24937457.post114496128458330156..comments2009-05-14T13:02:39.424-07:00Comments on Empty Cereal Box: Emerge-ncyMariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17469979277395103857noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24937457.post-1144961447500184972006-04-13T13:50:00.001-07:002006-04-13T13:50:00.001-07:00# KristenJean Says:April 13th, 2006 at 9:01 am eq...# KristenJean Says:<BR/>April 13th, 2006 at 9:01 am e<BR/><BR/>quite eloquently written. i’ve added you to my links. just let me know if you mind and I can take ya off if you want.<BR/><BR/>and I totally agree that “know thyself” is a difficult one for adoptees and confusing. I think cicero said somethign to the affect of “to be ignorate of what happened before you were born is to remain foreverAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24937457.post-1144961406171025222006-04-13T13:50:00.000-07:002006-04-13T13:50:00.000-07:00# kippa herring Says:April 13th, 2006 at 5:47 am ...# kippa herring Says:<BR/>April 13th, 2006 at 5:47 am e<BR/><BR/>I appreciated this story too, though forbore from commenting, not feeling qualified to do so.<BR/>But Peter’s reply sort of gives me permission.<BR/>I found myself especially responsive to his last sentence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24937457.post-1144961369866655342006-04-13T13:49:00.000-07:002006-04-13T13:49:00.000-07:00# Peter O'Connell Says:April 13th, 2006 at 3:27 a...# Peter O'Connell Says:<BR/>April 13th, 2006 at 3:27 am e<BR/><BR/>I like this story very much. The Socratic principle: ‘know thyself’ is a problem for adoptees. We see that what we become is made up of a combination of genes and environment - but we know nothing about our genetic heritage; how our parents looked when they were happy, the wave in their hair, small things that make the emotional Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com