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4 days ago

Call for Submissions: Adoptee Chronicles
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Melissa Corrigan

Okay, I'm an adoptee.

Okay, I'm an adoptee. I love what you are doing. I'm racking my brain for something funny that I experienced as such. Really wish I could find something. I'd like to be a part of your Adoptee Chronicles. And I have written, here on Medium, about being adopted.

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4 days ago

He seemed to be very observant for a guy who missed his adopted kids being abused in his home. He was super astute for a guy who saw and heard his wife rave like a maniac, with beet red face and spittle flying, at a child in his home.

The Sermon This Week Is On Gratitude
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Melissa Corrigan

You captured my adoptive mother perfectly.

You captured my adoptive mother perfectly. She told me about the world. Read to me. Spent hours helping me with reading, math, spelling, and report writing. I loved her for this. But hatred her for not protecting me from her husband, my adoptive father. I've also been writing what it's like to grow up adopted on Medium.

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How I Finally Met My Mother
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Hannah Andrews

You made me think.

You made me think. Made me cry. Thank you for helping me understand my own adoption just a little bit better. Thank you so much for writing and posting this piece.

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4 days ago

Adoption series: Spinach

I write this sitting in bed, remembering captivity. It was Saturday, and I’d slept in. “We’ll have peaches and cottage cheese tonight, Teddy.” This at breakfast. Mom liked to start the day on a happy note. I appreciated her intent and the moments we shared. Dad was mowing the lawn…

Adoption

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Adoption series: Spinach
Adoption series: Spinach
Adoption

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Aug 22

Adoption Series: Couldn’t risk the shame — Ted Leonhardt

Couldn’t exist sanely with things as they were. Couldn’t stand the pain. Not knowing another way, I braced myself and prepared to run. Home from Easter service, I leap out of the car and open the garage door in a rush. Then into a desperate dash for my room and…

Adoption

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Adoption Series: Couldn’t risk the shame — Ted Leonhardt
Adoption Series: Couldn’t risk the shame — Ted Leonhardt
Adoption

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Jul 24

Adoption Series: Psychodrama, thrown plates and the death of a Koi — Ted Leonhardt

He threw the first plate, and it hit the floor, exploding like a shotgun blast. Fear shot through my chest, and I froze. *** Over my fifty-plus-year career, I’ve worked as an employee, manager, and owner. I’ve been an illustrator, designer, salesman, strategist, and marketer. And I’ve managed others in…

Adoption

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Adoption Series: Psychodrama, thrown plates and the death of a Koi — Ted Leonhardt
Adoption Series: Psychodrama, thrown plates and the death of a Koi — Ted Leonhardt
Adoption

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Mar 31

Hubris can sabotage your career. Here’s how to avoid it

Unrestrained pride in your abilities or achievements can lead to shame, humiliation, and — without correction — disaster. Excessive pride can sabotage your career. But unfortunately, many of us experience a similar pattern: first we are strivers, then we are achievers, and then hubris takes hold. I’ve experienced this pattern…

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Hubris can sabotage your career. Here’s how to avoid it
Hubris can sabotage your career. Here’s how to avoid it

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Mar 18

Wakeup call

My founder story: an unexpected blow opens up possibilities “…and I’m reducing your salary 25%.” I could see that he was extremely uncomfortable. He spoke in a voice that didn’t sound like him. It was lower in tone, almost as if his throat was restricted. I knew it was nerves. …

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Wakeup call
Wakeup call

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Mar 18

I saw first-hand the economic domination of Seattle’s poor

Inspired by this New York Times piece “Now, honey, I’m sure we can find a way to reduce the rent.” It was late. Maybe around ten, my boss’s voice drifted back through the empty office. I was alone and finishing my work when I overheard his half of the conversation…

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I saw first-hand the economic domination of Seattle’s poor
I saw first-hand the economic domination of Seattle’s poor

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Jan 21

Here’s how freelancers can negotiate with courage

In order to negotiate better, freelancers need to learn to love the fear of asking for more. (It’s not bravery or some magical power that helped me become a better negotiator; it was raw fear.) Fear can make us unable to think, unable to move. I’ve been so gripped by fear that my feet felt frozen to the floor. When we’re negotiating, we don’t have control over…

Negotiation

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Here’s how freelancers can negotiate with courage
Here’s how freelancers can negotiate with courage
Negotiation

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Helping designers and other creative professionals win negotiations. Author, coach, trainer, consultant. http://www.tedleonhardt.com

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