tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685337508262430251.post5972458674521213498..comments2023-06-18T08:44:48.866-06:00Comments on It Came From the Cabbage Patch: On being "chosen"Lilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02928083051697477498noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685337508262430251.post-47847820542488781552011-12-15T08:14:58.662-06:002011-12-15T08:14:58.662-06:00"Who, then, would I have become? Where would ..."Who, then, would I have become? Where would I be? What would my name be? What kind of life would I be living?"<br />It's exhausting sometimes, isn't it, carrying all these ghost lives around?Rebecca Hawkeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736626549316682171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685337508262430251.post-58090817366428483962011-12-15T08:10:11.266-06:002011-12-15T08:10:11.266-06:00My (well-meaning) parents took a slightly differen...My (well-meaning) parents took a slightly different approach. They never specifically said they chose me, but they emphasized that they _chose_ to become parents and that I should always know that I was very much wanted. This allowed me to feel slightly superior to all those poor biological kids who had to go through life never being certain if their parents really wanted them or just got stuck with them by accident. Of course, there's one little problem with this formula. Accidental or unplanned doesn't necessarily equal unwanted. My birth mother didn't plan me but she wanted me; she just didn't have the resources or support to raise me on her own as a teenage mom.Rebecca Hawkeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736626549316682171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685337508262430251.post-44349478651762397472011-12-14T20:19:22.013-06:002011-12-14T20:19:22.013-06:00So heartbreakingly true. Sigh. <3So heartbreakingly true. Sigh. <3Crickethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16968579258082745674noreply@blogger.com