I wasn't moved by the Friday Five this week--too similar to one last month, or recently, anyway. But I'm trying the 100 things.
1. I was adopted, and I've always been pleased about that. It was a social stigma 50 years ago, tatamount to a public admission of bastardy, which was also a stigma. How times change, eh? My mom told me "my story" from very early on, along with Red Riding Hood and Goldilocks, and I felt sort of sorry for kids who weren't "chosen", whose parents had to take whatever they got. Growing up an only child of elderly parents, I was only mildly curious about siblings, not at all about bio parents who'd chosen not to know me. Having kids, I wondered about medical background, but records were still sealed, and I passed up the fight for medical knowlege because, frankly, I didn't want additional emotional demands and entanglements. I've been very pleased not to be related to some of my "relatives," to have chosen much of my family rather than have them foisted on me by blood ties. I rather like the conceit that I sprang full-blown from the brow of Zeus, and I'd like to leave it that way.
2. I have a very strong Puritan work ethic.
3. I have an equally strong lazy streak. This makes for interesting internal dialog.
4. I like the fact that I know how to make, repair, repurpose and reuse things. This ability has come to signify resourcefulness and good stewardship of earth's resources to me, rather than penchpenny attitude. Why squander anything, unless it's affection or hospitality or love?
5. Though I've been told I'm "intimidating" in social situations, and though short of stature I more than make up for it in bulk, I still think of myself as very small and vulnerable.
1. I was adopted, and I've always been pleased about that. It was a social stigma 50 years ago, tatamount to a public admission of bastardy, which was also a stigma. How times change, eh? My mom told me "my story" from very early on, along with Red Riding Hood and Goldilocks, and I felt sort of sorry for kids who weren't "chosen", whose parents had to take whatever they got. Growing up an only child of elderly parents, I was only mildly curious about siblings, not at all about bio parents who'd chosen not to know me. Having kids, I wondered about medical background, but records were still sealed, and I passed up the fight for medical knowlege because, frankly, I didn't want additional emotional demands and entanglements. I've been very pleased not to be related to some of my "relatives," to have chosen much of my family rather than have them foisted on me by blood ties. I rather like the conceit that I sprang full-blown from the brow of Zeus, and I'd like to leave it that way.
2. I have a very strong Puritan work ethic.
3. I have an equally strong lazy streak. This makes for interesting internal dialog.
4. I like the fact that I know how to make, repair, repurpose and reuse things. This ability has come to signify resourcefulness and good stewardship of earth's resources to me, rather than penchpenny attitude. Why squander anything, unless it's affection or hospitality or love?
5. Though I've been told I'm "intimidating" in social situations, and though short of stature I more than make up for it in bulk, I still think of myself as very small and vulnerable.