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Articles, features, and specials from our Editor regarding the holidays, celebrations, and rituals we share. Gift and shopping ideas as well.

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Adoption Events
Find adoption- and child welfare-related conferences, meetings, and seminars.

Adoption Has Its Grinches Too
A parody for the holiday season.

Adoption on your Gift List
If you're planning to make an adoption statement this year, here are cards and gifts to decorate, educate, and fascinate, starting off with the new Celebrate Adoption ornament.

Annual Observances
Annual observances of interest to our families, organized by month.

Birthmother's Day & Mother's Day
Updated for 2002 - Unique to the adoption community, Birthmother's Day is observed the day before Mother's Day. Learn how it began, different ways of honoring the birthmother experience, and why adoptees can claim two "real" mothers.

Celebrate the Green
St. Patrick's Day is the perfect time to take a look at Irish adoption, and search resources. Here's what you need to know about adoption and the Emerald Isle.

Father's Day - An Open Letter
Adoptee, cartoonist, and one of the moving forces behind AdoptedLife.com, Christopher Papile writes to his father, and introduces a never-before-published cartoon to print out.

May is National Foster Care Month
The focus this month is on advocacy, programs to help foster youth make the transition to independent living, and the pressing need for foster families.

Planning Makes Perfect
November is National Adoption Awareness Month, and it's not too early to get started with plans to organize or participate in activities. Find ideas for every day of the month and share your own.

Thankful for Families
We're sharing Thanksgiving thoughts and traditions. Meet both of my families, for whom I am especially thankful.

The Truth About Adoption
More than 50 million Americans are directly affected by adoption. What unites us?

Touch A Heart - Mend A Heart
A wonderful way to reach out on Valentine's Day (or any day) that may make a dream come true.

Index of Gift Ideas to Mark Your Celebration

Index of Rituals, Celebrations, and Cermonies

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