tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185513237391465906.post2574385232063449193..comments2023-07-05T16:18:40.485+01:00Comments on Broad Thoughts From A Home: STRANGER THAN FICTIONBroad Thoughts From A Homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08798249743031672360noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185513237391465906.post-35527533859911492102021-08-14T19:01:07.893+01:002021-08-14T19:01:07.893+01:00Wow, what a wonderful story!
Wow, what a wonderful story! <br />Paula Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040623635956769807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185513237391465906.post-27416476943091890092015-10-23T17:30:57.173+01:002015-10-23T17:30:57.173+01:00What a lovely story, Sue. How wonderful you found ...What a lovely story, Sue. How wonderful you found your family and you can finally see who you take after. Features are so important to an adopted child. Identity. Claire Stibbehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04852470684392420651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185513237391465906.post-66966366699369087162014-08-16T12:04:27.829+01:002014-08-16T12:04:27.829+01:00Thanks Miriam. To answer your question - the phot...Thanks Miriam. To answer your question - the photo was taken by my adoptive parents. Independently of this, after I was adopted my birth mother asked the adoption authorities if she could have a photo of me. This request was then passed on to my adoptive parents, who sent one back to the adoption people to send on to her.Broad Thoughts From A Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08798249743031672360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185513237391465906.post-45504365990024997482014-08-16T11:22:17.121+01:002014-08-16T11:22:17.121+01:00So glad you enjoyed the story. I reckon there'...So glad you enjoyed the story. I reckon there's a heck of a lot that we will never fully understand.Broad Thoughts From A Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08798249743031672360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185513237391465906.post-68180858341655017102014-08-16T10:59:36.198+01:002014-08-16T10:59:36.198+01:00Thanks for the tissues, I did need them...and I lo...Thanks for the tissues, I did need them...and I loved this story. I have this thing about coincidences and links of this kind. Surely there must be a lot more to our world than we know or these things would not seem so relevant?<br />Someone important (I forget who) once said that there was no such thing as coincidence, but surely he was wrong?anita daweshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03872644106384365588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185513237391465906.post-87670612957265164202014-08-15T21:29:26.582+01:002014-08-15T21:29:26.582+01:00Thanks Liza xxThanks Liza xxBroad Thoughts From A Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08798249743031672360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185513237391465906.post-80240534230656400212014-08-15T21:29:08.341+01:002014-08-15T21:29:08.341+01:00Thanks Emma xxThanks Emma xxBroad Thoughts From A Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08798249743031672360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185513237391465906.post-39681280398144613222014-08-15T21:26:21.238+01:002014-08-15T21:26:21.238+01:00Aw, thanks! You're too kind :-)Aw, thanks! You're too kind :-)Broad Thoughts From A Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08798249743031672360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185513237391465906.post-13064720580012448302014-08-15T21:25:50.480+01:002014-08-15T21:25:50.480+01:00Thank you! Thank you! Broad Thoughts From A Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08798249743031672360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185513237391465906.post-69985774179258671172014-08-15T21:25:17.407+01:002014-08-15T21:25:17.407+01:00Thank you! Thank you! Broad Thoughts From A Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08798249743031672360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185513237391465906.post-17985669779635140172014-08-15T21:23:52.546+01:002014-08-15T21:23:52.546+01:00Thank you Angi. The "why" is too compli...Thank you Angi. The "why" is too complicated to go into here :-(Broad Thoughts From A Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08798249743031672360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185513237391465906.post-17091934333199838102014-08-15T21:21:17.649+01:002014-08-15T21:21:17.649+01:00Even though you had told me this story Sue I still...Even though you had told me this story Sue I still loved reading it again.Liza Perrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00410516687044998154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185513237391465906.post-17929921127503805322014-08-15T12:22:47.845+01:002014-08-15T12:22:47.845+01:00Ditti to Ailsa's lovely comment! How amazing t...Ditti to Ailsa's lovely comment! How amazing that you found them and they, you. Xxx (Emma)percival smashmouthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05349311257668226758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185513237391465906.post-14037694306560896022014-08-14T10:45:04.947+01:002014-08-14T10:45:04.947+01:00Fascinating and poignant. I'm sure, as you say...Fascinating and poignant. I'm sure, as you say, that there's a lot more behind this post. One thing I wonder is how your adoptive parents had a copy of the same photo. Is it normal to hand over a photo with the baby? I was also reminded of a friend whose brother was adopted. When I knew her at uni, she said he'd always known he was adopted. But years later it turned out he hadn't taken mentions of that seriously and had been very angry when he eventually "discovered" the truth.Miriam Drorihttp://miriamdrori.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185513237391465906.post-89851777295727062132014-08-14T10:32:43.844+01:002014-08-14T10:32:43.844+01:00OK, I cried. So glad you had two families and not ...OK, I cried. So glad you had two families and not one - you deserve to be loved twice over xxxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06644107939333274927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185513237391465906.post-15684695563481732992014-08-14T10:06:29.551+01:002014-08-14T10:06:29.551+01:00Such I poignant post. It brought tears to eyes, tr...Such I poignant post. It brought tears to eyes, truly. Louiseruleauthorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03662370428583932577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185513237391465906.post-16858981211923066172014-08-14T09:58:24.226+01:002014-08-14T09:58:24.226+01:00what a poignant story!!! Thank goodness you kept t...what a poignant story!!! Thank goodness you kept the photo (nappy and all). So many tragic things happened before people ''saw sense'' about pregnancy and babies ...not that I'm presuming to comment upon your parents' decision. How good that you were able to be reunited with your birth family too!!Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185513237391465906.post-19750294630940247952014-08-14T09:54:31.703+01:002014-08-14T09:54:31.703+01:00Fascinating story, and all the more poignant for i...Fascinating story, and all the more poignant for involving a photograph. There is something about those old (not that I'm suggesting you're old, I hasten to add!) blurry black and whites, that tugs at the heart-strings. Most of us have albums or packets or chocolate tins stuffed with images of a different era - faces long forgotten, or in your birth mother's case, long remembered.<br />Thanks for sharing your story. Should you decide to share the 'why' I'd enjoy reading that too. Opportunities are very different today compared with the choices our parents' generation were forced to make.<br />AngiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com