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One Day in February | The Things We Leave Behind
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The Things We Leave Behind. A TRANSRACIAL ADOPTEE. A DOCUMENTARY. A SEARCH. To Adoptive Parents and Birth Parents. One Day in February. October 12, 2010. 8220;Cecilia, you’re breaking my heart. You’re shaking my confidence daily. Oh, Cecilia, I’m down on my knees. I’m begging you please to come home “. This is the information I have so far:. I was born on February 6, 1976 – although my “birth certificate” says February 7. I was born in Laredo, Texas. I do not know if I had a birth name. This is all I know.
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To Adoptees | The Things We Leave Behind
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The Things We Leave Behind. A TRANSRACIAL ADOPTEE. A DOCUMENTARY. A SEARCH. To Adoptive Parents and Birth Parents. 8220;To be ignorant of what happened before you were born is to be ever a child.”. Fellow adoptees, welcome! In making this documentary, I am highlighting the major issues at the heart of adoption: identity, family and adoptee rights. I would love to have this blog host guest bloggers, while telling my story – I would love to tell yours! Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here.
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The Film | The Things We Leave Behind
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The Things We Leave Behind. A TRANSRACIAL ADOPTEE. A DOCUMENTARY. A SEARCH. To Adoptive Parents and Birth Parents. 8220;The Things We Leave Behind”. A feature documentary focusing on transracial adoption and the impact on adult adoptees. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. The Adoptee ...
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Bio | The Things We Leave Behind
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The Things We Leave Behind. A TRANSRACIAL ADOPTEE. A DOCUMENTARY. A SEARCH. To Adoptive Parents and Birth Parents. My name is Trina DeMattei and I am a transracial adoptee, I am Native American (although no paperwork to prove it) and Mexican. Born on February 6, 1976 in Laredo, Texas. Adopted on February 9, 1976. About the search for a modern beat generation. As a filmmaker, I have found my calling – you can learn more about this here:. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Things We Leave...
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“Lucky Girl” – My Parents & I | The Things We Leave Behind
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The Things We Leave Behind. A TRANSRACIAL ADOPTEE. A DOCUMENTARY. A SEARCH. To Adoptive Parents and Birth Parents. Lucky Girl My Parents & I. October 9, 2010. My Parents – Circa 1976 (year of my birth/adoption). I am not sure they were prepared to deal with the barrage of questions that their willful and curious little girl threw at them. One of my favorite questions that people ask me is, “When did you know you were adopted? 8221; I always feel like saying, “Are you kidding? I never had any choice.
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ILLINOIS OPEN: Illinois Adoptees - Petitioning the Court
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Saturday, April 25, 2009. Illinois Adoptees - Petitioning the Court. ILLINOIS ADOPTEES - PETITIONING THE COURT. In this blog, I want to talk about the only way Illinois adoptees are allowed by law to get their records unsealed. I must preface my blog with this important fact: I am not an attorney, a legal aide, nor have I have had anything to do with the legal profession. I'm a retired Chicago public school teacher and have been in the adoption reform movement for many years. I thought it was at least ti...
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ILLINOIS OPEN: Illinois Confidential Intermediary Law Rules Supreme
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010. Illinois Confidential Intermediary Law Rules Supreme. If you choose to use the state-run Confidential Intermediary Program, you should know that there will be yet another file being compiled about you and it will be withheld from you - forever.". Confidential Intermediary - CI. Original birth certificate - OBC. At the conclusion of all CI searches, no matter the outcome, all of the information that the CIs have gathered about you will go straight into a confidedntial CI file and...
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ILLINOIS OPEN: June 2009
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009. TRIBUTE TO ANTHONY "TONY" S. VILARDI. Many of you are aware of the International Soundex Reunion Registry. ISRR) It was founded by Emma May Vilardi in 1975 and was funded by her husband “Tony”. ISRR is a mutual consent reunion registry supported entirely by donations. I have always had the greatest respect for Emma and “Tony”. He stepped in to do even more after his wife’s death until he retired a few years ago. Thank you Emma and "Tony"! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).