After over five years of operation, this site will be closing on December 31, 2008. I do not have the financial resources, nor the time to adequately monitor and maintain it. WillowsHospital.org was created before YouTube, Flickr, Blogger and other free online services. The information contained here is valuable and I will preserve it using these services. The final locations of the images, documents and stories will be listed on an information page which I will maintain for the foreseeable future. Thank you all for adding your voice to this space and assisting everyone achieve a more complete life-story. Scott Moore

Congrats !!!

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Submitted by ellen on 17 December, 2008 - 6:03pm.

Congrats Scott !!!! Ellen

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Found My Birth Father

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Submitted by Skippy on 15 December, 2008 - 4:03am.

After 15 years of active searching, I finally found my birth father! He called me this past Friday evening. We've talked for many hours since that first, exciting conversation. I've even spoken with my half-brother.


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ellen

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Submitted by ellen on 28 July, 2008 - 7:56pm.

Hello, I was born at the Willows 9-11-48. I welcome any correspondence from Willows folks, birth moms, birth dads, adoptess, adoptive parents. We are all a part of history and a great group of people.


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Gary, 12/17/46

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Submitted by garysue on 20 December, 2007 - 2:33am.

I was born at the Willows on 12/17/46 to a 17 yr. single woman with the possible name of Annie Hamlin. My Birth name was Frank Hamlin.
My father was 20 yrs. old no other information other than he quit school as junior in high school to help out the family because his father had died.


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As person who is part of the adoption triad, holidays make me feel...

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Submitted by Skippy on 29 November, 2007 - 1:38am.
happy
17% (1 vote)
sad
83% (5 votes)
angry
0% (0 votes)
nervous
0% (0 votes)
scared
0% (0 votes)
Total votes: 6
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One Adoptee's Search

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Submitted by Skippy on 26 November, 2007 - 5:53pm.

Search from AwedJob on Vimeo.

I recorded this audio commentary in September, 2004. It details my life long search for my first mother, my biological mother. I dusted it off for Ze's Story Project and created a short video introduction for it yesterday.

This little audio project was a big step towards creating my first documentary film, Building at a Crossroads.

The thumbnail for this video is a photo of the vacant lot where the Willows Hospital used to be. It was taken in 1984 by Judee Rasmussen, fifteen years after the Willows closed. Today there's a hotel on the site.
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Hello to all Willows

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Submitted by ellen on 23 October, 2007 - 3:42pm.

Hello, my name is Ellen. I was born at the Willows 9-11-48. I welcome all those here, and hope to hear from you. I was able to find my birth family three years ago. It has been awesome.


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