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In this year the People's Republic of China introduced the law that limited each married couple to having one child only. It really aplied to the first-born children of 1979.
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I was born and left at the orphanage in Shang Gao. One of the nannys found me by the gate. I stayed in the orphanage for about 2 months, then went into foster care.
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I meet my adoptive parents, Robert and Marylin McCormick for the first time in a hotel room, in Nan-Chang China.
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My parents brought me back to America for the first time. When I got off the airplane all of my new family members were there to greet me.
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I became an official American citizen on this date. We had a big celebration at a park near my grandmother's house.
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I got on another airplane on this exact date to go back to China for a 2 week visit. I traveled to 7 different places. In the last week of the trip I got to meet my foster mother. It was very emotional.