http://adoptee.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/differences-of-love-with-adopted-or-biol Provides information, resources, and thoughts concerning adoptees and their journey of adoption. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:38:41 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://adoptee.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/differences-of-love-with-adopted-or-biol/comment-page-1#comment-227 Nancy Spoolstra Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:21:39 +0000 http://adoptee.www.adoptionblogs.com/2007/08/27/differences-of-love-with-adopted-or-biol#comment-227 Post script ... Amy, Tommy, Beth are adopted; Kyle and Steph are bio. Post script … Amy, Tommy, Beth are adopted; Kyle and Steph are bio.

]]> http://adoptee.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/differences-of-love-with-adopted-or-biol/comment-page-1#comment-226 Nancy Spoolstra Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:20:38 +0000 http://adoptee.www.adoptionblogs.com/2007/08/27/differences-of-love-with-adopted-or-biol#comment-226 I think it has to do with goodness of fit and with the ability to have a deep and meaningful relationship (i.e attachment!) I am unquestionably as close to Beth as I am to Steph and Kyle, and both those kids would tell you they think Beth hung the moon (and vice versa.) Our collective relationships with Tommy and Amy are not the same ... but they don't give back anything much to us ... so how can you build a one-way relationship? I think it has to do with goodness of fit and with the ability to have a deep and meaningful relationship (i.e attachment!) I am unquestionably as close to Beth as I am to Steph and Kyle, and both those kids would tell you they think Beth hung the moon (and vice versa.) Our collective relationships with Tommy and Amy are not the same … but they don’t give back anything much to us … so how can you build a one-way relationship?

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