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| Name: | liepnieks |
| E-mail address: | ddubocq@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.aol.com |
| Comments: | dont you mean unlocking the broken heart of adoption--sheltering arms is and always will be a front for money hungry friends of state funding big wigs who could not care less about adoptees or human rights violations. i found out that records have been lost --people lied to since the 1950,s--the shelter arms childrens services neglect to ensure the proper placement of children in loving families--and when contacted will give the run around to adoptees looking for answers with a smile on their face---sheltering arms need to be brought up on criminal charges |
| Name: | liepnieks |
| E-mail address: | ddubocq@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.aol.com |
| Comments: | dont you mean unlocking the broken heart of adoption--sheltering arms is and always will be a front for money hungry friends of state funding big wigs who could not care less about adoptees or human rights violations. i found out that records have been lost --people lied to since the 1950,s--the shelter arms childrens services neglect to ensure the proper placement of children in loving families--and when contacted will give the run around to adoptees looking for answers with a smile on their face---sheltering arms need to be brought up on criminal charges |
| Name: | Mab Maher |
| E-mail address: | KENMIN@AOL.COM |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | What a wonderful website with so much wonderful consciousness in it. I live in Sonoma Co. now and perhaps can interest someone here in a showing...I will let you know. I found your website because I was searching for Stephanie Gleason, an old friend and one I consider dear to me. Such a fine woman. thanks mab |
| Name: | Jewell Davis Lomas |
| E-mail address: | cookiedavis1@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Carolyn McEnge and I were very good friends in high school - Tuskegee Institute High School. Then she was sent away to boarding school at Cherry Lawn in the late sixties. I never heard from her again.......... |
| Name: | robin |
| E-mail address: | hellokimba@live.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Hello Sheila - My name is Robin, although you will remember me as 'Susan', my adopted name. You and I were friends about 20 yrs ago (I lived in SJ)...do you remember? I happened to google your name and here you are :-)
Email me if you want...hope all is well xoxo |
| Name: | dubocq[liepnieks] |
| E-mail address: | ddubocq@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | born in 1955-given to sheltering arms--adopted 1958==my adoptive folks were lied to also--the man died in 1960--so i was left to raise myself and at 56 yrs old now i am so angry ---ny adoption registry stinks--i wrote the governor and he got me non-identifying info--sh-arms sucks for not letting me have a name to track down just to know who i really am--before i die it would be nice to feel like a whole person--ya know |
| Name: | dubocq[liepnieks] |
| E-mail address: | ddubocq@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | born in 1955-given to sheltering arms--adopted 1958==my adoptive folks were lied to also--the man died in 1960--so i was left to raise myself and at 56 yrs old now i am so angry ---ny adoption registry stinks--i wrote the governor and he got me non-identifying info--sh-arms sucks for not letting me have a name to track down just to know who i really am--before i die it would be nice to feel like a whole person--ya know |
| Name: | Shawn Donovan |
| E-mail address: | smdonovan47@gmail.com |
| Comments: | I am a father who adopted two wonderful children within days of their birth. Five years ago my daughter (now age 27) united with her birth mother and this summer we met her grandmother and half-sister when her birth mother visited us again. Unfortunately, our son (now age 32) hasn't had that experience and I grieve for him because he has expressed a feeling of abandonment at the same time acknowledging our mutual love for each other. Our children always knew they were adopted since I used the word freely even when they were too young to understand the word. I always paired it with the phrase "We Love You". I'm so happy to be an adopted parent and have always felt that their mother and I held our children in trust for their birth parents hoping they would one day meet one another. Thank you for this film. |
| Name: | gay schotts-kowall |
| E-mail address: | trrkwll@gmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I WOULD LIKE TO FIND MY SON WHO WAS ADOPTED OUT Iam his brith mother,HISname was kevin troy schotts. they change his name. his brith date is July 3 1972.I would like some pictures of him if Ican.
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| Name: | Joanne |
| E-mail address: | lunawomyn1@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I lost my daughter when she around four years old. I tried to find her, but ran into brick walls. I never considered the fact that her last name would have changed once she was adopted. She initiated a search and we spoke to each other for the first time in over 30 years a few days before her 37th birthday. We were reunited in December of that same year. We look alike, we walk alike, we even think alike. I have been blessed twice with this wonderful person and I am so grateful to have that piece of my heart back. |
| Name: | ann |
| E-mail address: | missymayann@yaho.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I put my daughter up for an adoption she was borned in jackson mississippi on may 3rd 1981 the lawyer who did the adoption name is charles brewer |
| Name: | Dale |
| E-mail address: | Dalerobing@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I am an adoptive mother of two. I have been driven to pursue this journey and went back to school to be a therapist. My passion is adoption and my calling is to educate and provide support and services for those that want it. When I was looking I found nothing much. I wanted to be there for my daughter in the healthiest way and I embrace this journey. I am constantly touched and have so much to learn. Thank You for your film and support.
Dale Robin-Gross |
| Name: | Teri Beeler |
| E-mail address: | teribeeler2003@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I am a Birth mom looking for my daughter born Feb. 15, 1975 in N. Miami Beach through attorney Seymour Fenichel. I found out recently that he was a black market baby dealer & my daughter would have been adopted in NY state & possible to a Jewish family. If you are connected i n any way to the attorney or any other blackmarket ring there are groups on Facebook to contact & network with n finding your birhtparent or adoptee. NY ADOPTEES & SEYMOUR FENICHE are both Facebook groups.
Please feel free to email me, we are also campaigning for the cause of "open birth records". We have had interviews & been published with NY POST, ABC News, FOX News, People Mag. & MIke Huckabee Show a few others as well. God Bless you as you search... please look me up on FB or Email me. |
| Name: | Bob Smith |
| E-mail address: | drywall2357@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I was born 4-10-35 and sold into adoption that same year through the Veil Hospital in W. Chester, PA. I have been searching for any birth family x 50 years. My b-moms name was Marie Frank: My birth name was: Anthony Frank. If anyone has any information they can contact me at the above address. |
| Name: | Robert G. Smith |
| E-mail address: | drywall2357@hotmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I am a male adoptee sold into adoption through a black market maternity hospital for unwed mothers in the 1930's.
All my life I have hoped that I could have the freedom to belong to my birth family. Such has not been the case and after 50 years I am still searching. I can only add: "I did not ask for the life I was given, nonetheless it was given, and with it I did my best." |
| Name: | Esspweb |
| E-mail address: | essp.web@gmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.essayprovider.com/ |
| Comments: | Great website. Keep up the good work. |
| Name: | Kathie Lenhart |
| E-mail address: | Lenhartksm@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.wix.com/jan1975/adoptee2 |
| Comments: | I am an adoptee desperatly searching for my parents !!! Thank you for making this film !!! |
| Name: | Adolph Urrabazo Jr. |
| E-mail address: | ajurrabazo@sbcglobal.net |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I've enjoyed your essay and support your comments of lost adoptees across our country. Its so sad, because I have a daughter at was given up for adoption and know, her mother and I have started looking for her. Too my surprise I did not realize how many hurdles we must cross. Yet, my search continues on and hope to find her someday.
Thank you for share all information on adoptee. Adolph. |
| Name: | Lyn Summer |
| E-mail address: | lynsmmr@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | It's been 20 years since my son and I reunited, so I didn't really think this topic would strike a nerve with me after all these years .. but it did. It reminded me that the pain and heartache never totally heal, for anyone involved. My son still doesn't trust me, and I've understood for many years (after more than a decade of therapy and educating myself on the impact of relinquishment and adoption) why he never will. As for me, I am "adjusted" to my own loss and the knowledge that my decision 45 years ago caused irreparable damage to my innocent and vulnerable child, instead of giving him a better life than I was able to provide at the time, as I had been promised by the nuns and the adoption agency. You see, when we reunited in 1990, I learned for the first time that my son was adopted three times before the age of two when, finally, the third couple did not return him to the adoption agency, as the others had. My devastation at learning this destroyed me .. all over again. For 25 years, I believed I had done the right thing for my baby. I will never entirely "get over" what I -and others- did to him. LS |
| Name: | Mary Frances Swartout |
| E-mail address: | mfswartout@live.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | thanks for sharing! I wish it was longer! I grew up knowing i was adopted... and even if they wouldnt have told me i think i still would have known. there has always been a peice missing. I found my birth family last october. I love and respect them all they have become great friends, however i will still always think of my adoptive parents as mom and dad. if it were not for them taking me in and caring as much as they did, i do not know what would have become of me. thanks again, mary frances |
| Name: | CIndy Hartman |
| E-mail address: | cynhartman@gmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I've found you my old friend.
Your film is amazing, as well as all your artwork. I'm so happy for you that you have found a peaceful path through your work to your daughter. Your artwork has moved with me 10 times over. It hangs on my walls for inspiration, where ever I go. From my heart, Cindy |
| Name: | Celeste Billhartz |
| E-mail address: | cbsongs@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://themothersproject.com |
| Comments: | Dear Sheila,
My very best wishes for your new film! I love your work and I have great faith in you ... Love and Blessings, Celeste |
| Name: | juli miller |
| E-mail address: | julimunruly@gmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://facebook |
| Comments: | dob April 5,1959,MY birthname was ruthie michelle meyer,I was born at doerenbecher hospital in portland oregon,I was placed from waverly baby home,I have been looking for my birth mother for 11 years,i hope & pray she finds me!!also i was born 6 months premature,i was due sometime in july but was born in april. |
| Name: | bk bazhe |
| E-mail address: | bazhe@bazhe.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://ww.bazhe.com |
| Comments: | your work is powerful, and help me understand the pain of many biological mothers more clearly - as an adoptee, i truly appreciate this; love and hugs. |
| Name: | Rita Cotillon |
| E-mail address: | ritzy54@sbcglobal.net |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Sheila, I’d like to thank you for the helpful advice of patience you gave me during our phone conversation today. I hope that sharing my story will help other birth mothers with similar adoption experiences.
I was 15 years old when I gave birth to a baby boy on August 25th 1969. My son's father was a classmate. After the birth my parents swore me to secrecy and forced me to give up the baby through an adoption agency in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I was devastated when I began the new school year a few weeks later acting as if nothing had happened. I always wanted to tell the baby's father but was afraid to so. I never told my parents who the baby’s father was as I felt the need to protect him. Throughout the years I have searched for my son's birth father to no avail. More than 10 years I visited the adoption agency where I received much needed emotional support. Giving up my son has affected my whole life. I ultimately found my son whom I have met and able to keep in touch with through Facebook. My son has expressed interest in his birth father especially since the passing of his adoptive father. My son knows his birth father is unaware of his existence and understands the uncertainty of the situation. If I had only told the truth in the beginning at least my son's father would have known he had son all these years. Adoption is both a sacrifice and the ultimate gift. With the love of our family and friends healing is possible. |
| Name: | K Bailey |
| E-mail address: | baileynk@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Hi.Im helping my husband search for his birth family.He was born 4/30/1963 in Flint Mi.His birth mother was 16 and birth father was 19 and worked in a factory.If anyone has any information on Mi searching please send an e-mail to baileynk@yahoo.com
Thank You |
| Name: | jane lacy |
| E-mail address: | jlsearch@hotmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | A SEARCHER FOUND MY 2SONS FOR ME AFTER 38 YEARS.IF ANYONE WANT'S THAT WOMAN'S NAME AND PHONE NUMBER E-MAIL ME. |
| Name: | Anne McCarthy "Female Mulcahy |
| E-mail address: | mom1024@msn.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I was born 10-24-62 at St Vincents Hospital in NYC and placed with my birth mom at NY Foundling Hospital....Feels as though I've been searching ever since. I'm not a whole person, I have all the feelings an adoptive child does, rejection, abandonment, alone, etc., All I seem to hit are walls. I hired Omni Trace and lost my money. They should be closed down, as I've heard nothing good about them...of course, after the fact. The years pass and the pain deepens. I've been interviewed by the producer of the new ABC show, Find my Family and they can't help me either....more rejection. Good luck to all who are searching. Hopefully, one day, I'll have a reunion story to share. |
| Name: | Trace A DeMeyer |
| E-mail address: | tracedemeyer@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.splitfeathers.com |
| Comments: | I am a Lost Bird, an adoptee and a writer. I cannot thank you enough for sharing your story and doing this film. I did receive a letter from my birthmother saying she didn't want contact. Watching your movie, I felt tears rush down my cheeks. My b-mom never said the words, so I say them for her. She passed a few years ago. I dare to think she's sorry for the pain she caused me with her second rejection but now that she is in spirit, I hope she understands. Thank you, mitakuye oyasin, we are all related. |
| Name: | Caren Pajatz |
| E-mail address: | 427man@live.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Thank you for this opportunity. I was born on Dec 10 1958 in Los Angeles Calif under the name of Baby Girl Russell. I was told my birth mothers name was Betty Russell. I have been searching for her all my life to have the chance to tell her thank you for having me and yes I had a wonderful childhood and family. There is still the empty part of me without knowing you. If anyone has any information it would be more than appreciated. |
| Name: | M CASS |
| E-mail address: | LULOU0147@HOTMAIL.COM |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | THANK YOU AND HOPE TO READ MORE.MLC 2009 |
| Name: | Terri |
| E-mail address: | TA2464@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Name: | Patricia Ann Reilly-Faraglia |
| E-mail address: | pfaraglia@optonline.net |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I have been searching for my family since I was 6 years old. I remember the day we left and the sadness that surrounded me. In 198I located my birth parent and family. In 1987 I located my brother and sister. Since then I have been searching for my last sister Maureen who was born in 1965.
I can't wait to see the Movie and share it. Thank you |
| Name: | Michael Thomas Angelo |
| E-mail address: | mtasf1@gmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: |
I read your essay, The Recovery Process with butterflies as it cemented and confirmed the feelings I had experienced since my own reunion occurred 15 years ago. Thank you for your essay. You have hit the nail on the proverbial head and done adoptees a wonderful service. Regards, Michael Thomas Angelo nee Domino -- |
| Name: | Gina |
| E-mail address: | gsvesey@excite.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I felt the need to write. My parents are lovely and always told my brother (who is adopted from a different family and who was reunited with them) that our birth parents loved us so much that they wanted a better life for us.
I opened my records at 18 (in Washington and the adoption agency is no more) and found the name of my first adoptive mother and the place where I was adopted from. I called that woman and found she still thought of me as her daughter. I am not prepared to look for my birthparents and may never be, there may be a language barrier (as I was adopted from Korea). I was diagnosed with MS 10 years ago and with the marvels of modern science, hope for a cure. I guess I never really thought of my birthmother's feelings before. |
| Name: | Findmygirl |
| E-mail address: | findmygirl@comcast.net |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Searching for my daughter born on January 9, 1987 @ 2:52 Am. 9lbs. 13oz. in Staten Island Hospital in New York City. Adoption was handled by Spence-Chapin in New York City...Anyone knowing anything...please email me.... |
| Name: | Gail Ihle |
| E-mail address: | coco.ihle@verizon.net |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I bought your film a while ago and it moved me to tears. I am an adoptee. My birth parents and my adopted parents are dead now, but I have found one sister after searching for fifty years. I still have a sister and brother out there somewhere. My wish is that I find them too someday. |
| Name: | Stephanie Shorter |
| E-mail address: | prettysugar2329@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Hi, I am the daughter of an adoptee. My mother was adopted from Sheltering Arms in New York back around 1950-1955 by a couple from Tuskegee Al. She was born June 27, 1950 in Manhatton. The only parents she knew of was the ones who adopted her. My mothers name was Carolyn McEnge when she died. She left behind two children, me and my brother who is the oldest. My mother is of PUERTORICAN decent. My mothers adoptive parents died before she did. There was not any info left to her about the birth parents. I hope they are still out there cause I am looking for some one to respond back to me. I am 24 years old and have medical conditions and need to know my heritage and family. PLEASE RESPOND SOMEBODY. |
| Name: | Julie Ann Edwards |
| E-mail address: | joolsjew@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I plan on researching the Dreambook today 2-27-08 upon the start of my search for my birthparents' or siblings and look forward to having my "Dream" come true!
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| Name: | SUZANNE RAVGIALA |
| E-mail address: | ILLPASS@COMCAST.NET |
| Homepage URL: | http://WWW.HITQUARTERS.COM/SUZANNERAVGIALA |
| Comments: | HEY SHEILA, I WAS JUST LOOKING UP SUSHMA DEVA TAYLOR AGAIN TO SEE WHAT SHE WAS UP TO AND FOUND THE LINK TO YOUR ADOPTION MOVIE PAGE. IT IS SO FUNNY THAT I SEEM TO HAVE SIMILAR INTERESTS IN SOCIAL ISSUES AS YOU. I SENT YOU THE SONG LYRIC ABOUT METH ADDICTS, I HAVE ONE ABOUT A WOMAN WHO HAS A CHILD THE FATHER DOES NOT KNOW ABOUT CALLED "THE CHILD HE'LL NEVER KNOW", I HAVE A SONG ABOUT ABUSE CALLED "HOME IS WHERE THE HURT IS", A SONG ABOUT FORCED LABOR IN SWEAT SHOPS THAT ALSO MENTIONS "FORCED LABOR" TO HAVE ABORTIONS BY THE BOSSES CALLED "LABOR DAY". SO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. THE WORLD NEEDS TO LEARN TO FEEL THE PROBLEMS OF OTHERS. |
| Name: | Kari Eckholt-Mowrey |
| E-mail address: | crabmates64@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I am an adoptee, 'put up' for adoption at birth in Havre, Montana. I was adopted after having spent the first six weeks of my life in a foster home in 1964. I always thought it was quite telling that after my adoption was final, the pediatrician my adoptive parents took me to discovered a heart murmur that later turned out to be a small hole in my heart--that's how I've always felt when I think about my birthmother, as if there's a hole in my emotional heart, a piece of me missing.
I've been involved in work off and on over the last ten years with other adoptees, sometimes as a participant, sometimes as a part of the team presenting a seminar on such things as birth trauma/dramas and holistic health, including a workshop led by the author of "The Primal Wound", Nancy Vernier and membership in APPPAH. I have been searching for my birthmother for most of the last ten years. The most brutal experience in my search was early on, when a woman with the Department of Health and Welfare in Helena, Montana told me that I didn't deserve to know my history because I was born a bastard and would always be a bastard. That anyone could be so vile to another human being shocked me. I also have met with a few other stumbling blocks: the nature of closed adoption in 1964 in a college town in Montana, the loss of hospital records due to the hospital having been closed (now a historic site) due to two floods that hit the area in the late 1960's-mid 1970's, and the college my birthmother was supposedly attending has no record of her name, so the alumni association is of little help. And so I continue to search. My husband has watched me go thru this, not always understanding it all. While watching your program, he commented that he's heard me say nearly every comment made by the adoptees and birth parents regarding my own search. He felt it helped him to understand me a bit better. Thank you! Kari |
| Name: | Mandy LLamas |
| E-mail address: | mandy428@sbcglobal.net |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I am writing this here because I do not know how else to contact you. I am a retired social worker, Santa Clara County CA. As the result of many displaced children, I found that the missing piece would always be with them, be it guardianship or adoption. Who am I, what am I, why am I,am I lovable, why was I given away? I often attempted to explain to my collegues the importance of this, often to no avail. Therefore, my suggestion is to contact said agency regarding this video. It will give them a clearer understanding the impact adoption has on children. |
| Name: | mandy |
| E-mail address: | mandypoz@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I was very touched by your film. We are parents of a 21 month old and are in the process of trying to adopt a second child. We are so thankful for our son's birth parents and the blessing they have brought into our lives. Thank you for portraying adoption in such an honest way and from the perspectives of adoptees, birth parents and adoptive parents, Mandy |
| Name: | ANNIE SHIVELY ABELS |
| E-mail address: | abelsada33@wmconnect.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// none |
| Comments: | I WAS BORN 1933 (APRIL 23)
I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR MY BM & SIBLINGS SINCE 1962.I WAS BORN IN SHREVEPORT,LA TO ALLIE OR ADA JOHNSON. ADOPTED BY DEWEY & EMMA SHIVELY OF ANSLEY,LA I HAVE PETEIONED THE COURTS TWICE & BEEN TURNED DOWN TWICE.WHAT WOULD IT HURT FOR A PERSON MY AGE TO KNOW HER HERITAGE? THANKS, ANNIE ABELS BALL,LA 71405 |
| Name: | Denise B Hillery |
| E-mail address: | babygirlny99@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I have a Dream Folder, that has all kinds of documents and names that I'm using in my search for my b-parents.I know that one day my Dream Folder will become my IDENITY. But until then, I just wanted to say to all adoptive parents /and parents to be I LOVE YOU. As an adoptee I hold a special place in my heart for you. Showing us how to Love Unconditional.How can I every thank you. |
| Name: | Lynn Halaby (Dougherty) |
| E-mail address: | Pita195@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I Am the Mother of a Baby Girl Born in Augest 1968 in
Fl Miami Beach, that i am still looking for. I also had a Daughter in 1967 that found me in the 1992, we get along very well,and see each other offen. Do you know if the show will air in Fl? Dougherty Started: 02/15/06 07:58am PST |
| Name: | Kalliopi Karakolia |
| E-mail address: | ekatsarou@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I found your site and that's fantastic! I'm from Greece and I'm tring to find our brother. He was born in 1952 or 1953 in Greece/Athens and was told to my parents that he was already dead. My parents didn't know that that was already a problem in Greece.They never saw the "dead" baby and they didn't take papers for his death.
I need your help! what can I do? We are 3 sisters and I'm the oldest 53years old. My parents was from Stefanina a village near of Thessaloniki and my parents names was Paulos + Marianthi Karakolia. Please if anyone has questions or knows something I'd be glad to hear it. Love kalliopi |
| Name: | Donna Montalbano |
| E-mail address: | donnamontalbano@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://familysecretsonline.com |
| Comments: | Sheila, congratulations on your Angels in Adoption award and to your creative endeavors for those touched by adoption and adversity.
Donna Montalbano host of "Family Secrets" universal7radio.com |
| Name: | BJ Douglass |
| E-mail address: | angel4lily@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Sheila! Congrats on a beautiful, moving, wonderful film. You have brought to the screen the feelings that so many of us have tucked deep inside us - some feelings we never even knew we had - and this film so movingly tells our stories. Congrats for all your hard work and persistence and passion for this issue. And congrats on your Angel in Adoption Award. You are so deserving of this award!
Love and hugs, BJ Douglass Rochester, NY |
| Name: | judy taylor |
| E-mail address: | oddest5629@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Name: | eilujion |
| E-mail address: | lababasha@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://eilujion.wordpress.com |
| Comments: | I am an adoptee who just started a blog about my reunion experience. http://eilujion.wordpress.com |
| Name: | Lorraine Fayet |
| E-mail address: | claire-fayet@wanadoo.fr |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Hoping to find other adoptees from SHELTERING ARMS CHILDREN SERVICE, MANHATTEN NEW YORK.
Thankyou for your web site,I am an adult adoptee. I have been reunited with my Mother (after 52 years) I was adopted in MANHATTEN From: SHELTERING ARMS CHILDRENS SERVICE.in 1955.This is/was, a very important Agency,They made alot of money,organizing charity balls at one time. BUT BOY...Did they tell lies to the adoptive parents! I FOUND OUT THAT I HAVE A "WHOLE BROTHER"AND A WHOLE NEW STORY ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED, I was said to have swedish blood WELL NOT AT ALL. Briefly, my natural Mother was told that I had DIEDED when she inquired if it was possible to recouperate me.How can social workers be so cruel? I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO WERE ADOPTED THROUGH SHELTERING ARMS and know what on earth they could have possibly told them? MY ADOPTIVE PARENTS (WHO ARE NOW 84)have left money to shelerting arms in their will...They were shocked to discover that the story given to them at the time of my adoption,was not true!and that they Themselves had accidentally given me false information that I had grown up with. This hurt them very much,and they were so sorry For me.They have always wanted me to find my birth family,And have been wonderful.THEY WILL NOT BE LEAVING ANY MONEY TO SHELTERING ARMS. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE FILM,BUT I LIVE IN FRANCE.CAN I ORDER IT?? THANKYOU |
| Name: | maureen |
| E-mail address: | maur@talktalk.net |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.geocities.com/ladyjayne56 |
| Comments: | What a lovely visit I have had. Being an adopteee myself I got lots of identity |
| Name: | Kim Ridgeway |
| E-mail address: | kridgeway93@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Name: | renee |
| E-mail address: | rania7779@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | What a loving tribute to a daughter you weren't able to keep due to the circumstances. She is a lucky girl to have such a loving mother as you.
As an adoptee from Greece, my story is rather unusual when compared to American adoptees. Many Greek children were adopted by foreigners during the 1950's, legally & illegal, with Greek officials telling the birth parents the child had died when in fact, they had been adopted out of the country for lots of money. My story has unique facts: Two women came forward claiming to be my birth mother. Years later, the woman I had chosen as my birth mother denied I was her daughter, even though she had identified certain physical markings only a mother would know. The woman I didn't choose was very quiet and didn't seem interested and knew nothing about my birth marks, what year I was born or even the month. I later learned there was much rivalry and hatred between the two women as they had both been involved with my birth father. Advocacy laws on behalf of Greek adoptees have passed legislation recently in Greece. There are many avenues open to us now, including required DNA testing, opened records of birth & orphanage documents & unveiling the secrecy surrounding our adoption. I will know the truth because with God, all things are possible. Thank-you for letting me tell my story on this website. Any Greek adoptees out there, please contact me. Renee |
| Name: | Evelyn |
| E-mail address: | evelynshepard@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I am here because of my friend, her heart is breaking she has been searching for 35 years for her 2 sons taken from her in 1970, adopted 1973,out of Little Rock Ar. one born 3/67 ond one born 9/68. the only thing we have found out is, they went to the same family, and the youngest may carry the his birth name, Brian Jane can be reached at 501-206-0655 or email me I'll make sure she gets the message. What a wonderfull sight. it's so encourageing |
| Name: | Dan B. |
| E-mail address: | dbisch1609@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.bikedrool.blogspot.com |
| Comments: | I would be interested in seeing your feature film. |
| Name: | Terri |
| E-mail address: | tsalias@bak.rr.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I am a mother of a 5 year old and married to a man, whom is adopted. Being a mother I can understand his need to find his real mother. His records were closed at adoption and birth certificate changed to his adoptive parents names. He did receieve from the courts a few years back a package that provided some background into his history, but provided no names, all the names were blacked out. He does have his first name prior to the adoption, real date of birth and knows the hospital he was born in. We need some help in knowing were to start, in our search to find his real mother or any of his birth family. |
| Name: | Susan Stickel Fuller |
| E-mail address: | suyvonne@sbcglobal.net |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Shelia,So very wonderful to hear how things are going for you.I met you many years ago at a PACER holiday party in the Bay area.At that time I had not reunited with my lost daughter,I found her four years ago with the help of a searcher.We are now slowly getting to know each other after a forty year absence.She is still the most beautiful girl I ever laid my eyes on,even if it was only for afew minutes.I would like to help the cause of open records and need to help others find this joy of reunited family.There are still many big issues for us to work around,but I am so very thankful to have gotten the chance to her face again.Please let me know how I can help this very necessary cause??? Regards, Susan Stickel Fuller |
| Name: | Marcia Wiggers |
| E-mail address: | marcia@udirtydognewnanga.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://udirtydognewnanga.com |
| Comments: | Birthmother of Amber 20 yrs old. Have known for 1 yr were she is living. Just contacted adoptive parents and they are very scarred now that I've showed up. |
| Name: | Sandra Parks |
| E-mail address: | sandra_parks@sbcglobal.net |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I have in the month of August found my two children adopted out in 1965 and 1967 it is such a blessing. we are trying to work through everything it is a very slow process I have always loved them and always will, don't give up they are out ther looking for you just as mine were.... A Birthmother that for that never gave up ... |
| Name: | Christine Lachaine, M.Ed., CCC, CPAC/ARC |
| E-mail address: | healinghearts@sympatico.ca |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.clc-apathtohealing.ca |
| Comments: | This is a wonderful site of which we can share our stories. Thank you. I am a reunited adoptee and a mental health practitioner specializing in post-adoption, adoption reunion counselling and research and provide face-to-face and telephonic counselling to all members of the constellation.
Like I read somewhere, there is about 1 in 6 persons who has been affected via adoption. Blessings, Christine |
| Name: | Alison Boyes |
| E-mail address: | guinness@blackbell.wanadoo.co.uk |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | i have two sons called stephen/craig Anderson who was addopted at the ages of 4/2thier hasent been a day that goes by that i dont think about them and i would so like to find you both and try to get to know you i do hope u find this site and get in touch at the email address above i do love you both and pray for you to get in touch |
| Name: | Colleen Saft Clark |
| E-mail address: | CoSaftClark@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Thank you very much for everything. Colleen |
| Name: | ora jane phillips,lacy |
| E-mail address: | jlsearch@hotmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | i had two sons that were taken from me back in 1970.i believe they were sold in a black market baby ring,because dhs told me if i got married,i could have them back.i married in 1971; they then told me they were already adopted. i registered to find them and found out in a typed letter they sent to me that they were both addopted to a woman who couldnt have any kids of her own in 1973. i cant find a lawyer that is against dhs. |
| Name: | Theresa |
| E-mail address: | tlamhain@fairpoint.net |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Thanks to all that shared their experiences! This program really opened my eyes and is leading me & my sister to look into finding the son that my mother, who passed away in 1989, put up for adoption. I hope that if he is looking and if we find him we can give him some closer.
Theresa |
| Name: | Saani Bukva-Strucaly |
| E-mail address: | sbukva-strucaly@duqlight.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Hope to use this to help my birthdaughter's family understand her search - our struggle and connection. It was her idea, once I mentioned film being shown in Pittsburgh. thanks. wish us well...and the same to all who bump into their deepest emotions so unexpectedly on this journey.
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| Name: | Tom Newson |
| E-mail address: | T831777@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Greating from Tennessee,
Your story is very interesting. I myself was adopted and for the first time am prepairing to visit my bio sister for the first time ever. Give me a yell. I would love to have someone to share my story, along with some questions I have. Sincely, Tom Newson |
| Name: | Gia Quinlan |
| E-mail address: | ahss1999@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Sheila,
I am also a filmmaker currently working on a adoption documentary. A friend who is a searcher recommend I view your work. I believe she saw it at an adoption congress convention.I look forward to watching it. Best of Luck, G.P. Quinlan |
| Name: | Jennifer Galpin |
| E-mail address: | jgalpin@charter.net |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Hi Sheila, I can't wait to see your movie. When will it be showing in the Detroit, Michigan area? I am going to try and get it from Blockbuster or Netflix. I am searching for a half-brother. Our birth fathers name is Russell Lloyd Galpin from the Pontiac or Waterford Michigan area. He was born between 1953 and 1958???? Also searching for a half-sister named Yvonne Galpin born around the same time or later. Last I knew she was going into nursing. Wish me luck and good luck to all of you that are in the same boat as I. God Bless |
| Name: | Jeannette Knapp - Harris |
| E-mail address: | jknappharris@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I am an adult adoptee. I have been searching on and off for about 17 years. sence my oldest son was born. I wash you much luck in getting our files opened. If I can be any help (as far as a voice) please e-mail me.
Good luck and THANK YOU! Jeannette |
| Name: | Nancy Hicks |
| E-mail address: | nhicks@belllabs.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Thank you for your wonderful website. I was reunited July 10, 2005 with my birthmother after 38 years apart. I being 38, I have two half sisters of age 36 and 34 and a half brother of 42. We are all in or around Madison, WI. It's been quite a journey and I'm still relatively in "Shock" from the reunion.
All the best to you and yours, Nancy |
| Name: | Susan |
| E-mail address: | Deer@erinet.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I am searching fo my birthmother or any birth family. I had wonderful adoptive parents, but they are both deceased. I'm 51 years old, born 02/02/55, so we don't have much time left. I've been searching a long time. I was born in Lackawanna New York. My mother's maiden name may have been Frank, and her alias name at Our Lady Of Victory Infant Home was Fisher. Her family lives northeast of Buffalo. She would be about 68 years old now. My father was about 21 when I was born, was 5'11', dark hair, dark eyes, Catholic, German descent. I pray to find them. |
| Name: | Jan Myers |
| E-mail address: | Dinaspace@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I found this web by accident, and am so happy to have this to go thru and read everything. I will need much more time to see it all, but it tells so many things that are true. I am a reunited birth mom. I am also an adoptive mom as I could have no more children after my daughter was born. Thank you for this web link and I would love to know when this movie will be on tv in the Sarasota-Bradenton Fl. area. |
| Name: | Liane Chan |
| E-mail address: | porcupiny@mac.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://porcupiny.blogspot.com |
| Comments: | What a great topic for a documentary, please keep me updated on it! Thanks! |