- May brings us many days of celebration. It all began with the full month celebration of Foster Care Awareness Month.
- Mother's Day and Birthmother's Day was celebrated by many.
- We heard of a backwards sort of adoption lie when an adoptee was told that she was adopted, only to learn later that she was not! This was not new to Hollywood when a famous star and "fake" adoptive mom did the same thing in 1935.
- We mourned with the Steven Curtis Chapman family when they lost their youngest daughter, Maria. The Chapman family are well known in the adoption community as they adopted 3 little girls from China, including Maria.
- The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute explored race issues and adoption and asked if Multiethnic Placement Act(MEPA) really worked. The report suggested, no.
2008 - A Year in Review
By Carrie Craft, About.com Guide
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