Nearly 25 years later, open adoption remains best decision for 'baby' Haley

The lives of two Alberta mothers became intertwined nearly 25 years ago thanks to an open adoption they describe as kismet.
“She just felt loved,” said Donna Hackman of her adopted daughter, Haley Dawn Millender. 
Millender’s birth mother, Karen Williams, from Vermillion, was 16 when she chose the Edmonton couple to parent her child. 
“A lot of people maybe didn’t agree with what I was doing,” said Williams. “People didn’t understand