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Linda's Links Page

Please take a few minutes and visit the GREEN RIBBON CAMPAIGN for Open Records for adult adoptees.

If you have you not registered with the
I.S.R.R., go there now!! And download the forms.

Register with the Illinois State Registry.  Their forms can now be downloaded from the web.

Triad members who are terminally ill may contact Bonnie through her Hot Helpers web site for possible help with their searches.

Triad members who are not terminal but are chronically ill, may contact TSCI for help with their searches.

Visit The-Seeker to see who might be looking for you and to post your search.

MY MOTHERS

One Mother saw me every day.
One Mother gave me away.
One Mother kissed and hugged my tears.
One Mother missed me for years.
One Mother saw me play.
One Mother lived far away.
Both Mothers did what was best for me.
This is something I'm beginning to see.
Both Mothers have all my love.
And are being watched by God above.
No one can say that either Mother has done wrong
Look how nice I am, how big, how strong
Most kids only have one Mother.
I'm special because mine shared me with another.
I look at no one in shame
There isn't any one to blame
I've had a normal life
I've become a Mother and a loving wife
I do believe I'm a victim of the court
That's not a radical retort.
All adoptees should know both their Mothers
Even get to know their Sisters and Brothers
Living without the knowing
Can stunt a Childs emotional growing.
Give us all our big day
Why open records you say?
Because the truth needs to be told
All children are worth their weight in gold
These Mothers took a chance and stood so tall.
If it weren't for them you wouldn't have us at all.

Written by Barbara Ervin 9/14/00

Just click on Barb's name to visit her site of other
wonderful poetry.

An excellent resource to use for searching for your ancestors is the
Social Security Death Index.

Another wonderful email list for help and support is AIML
(Adoptees Internet Mailing List)

To keep up to date with everything going on with GRC and the adoption community, sign up for GRC_Update.

A wonderful email list for help and support is the Heart Of Triad through egroups.  This list for all members of the Triad.

A wonderful resource for searching in Illinois is Deitrah's Illinois State Page.  Also, visit her Registry.

A wonderful list for birth mothers in the
Sunflower's Birth Mothers Group.

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