Tag: codependency

  • Why Do Adoptees Overextend Themselves?

    Why Do Adoptees Overextend Themselves?

    I could just hear Bob saying, “You didn’t have to do that, Sherrie.” Such a familiar phrase. He said it when: I accompanied a fellow adoptee up the steps of the Indiana Capitol building when I was just 10 days out of knee replacement surgery. I invited neighbors in for wine and cheese on the…