by GIFT Coach | Feb 28, 2011 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Lynn Cooper, Difficult Discussions, Foster Parenting, Strengthening Family Relationships
Hello friends! Looking at the calendar recently, I began to prepare once again for the marking of my 1st son’s arrival home to Seattle on a cold and rainy midnight some 19 years ago! Each year our family has in one way or another marked this incredible anniversary of...
by Gayle Swift | Feb 21, 2011 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Gayle Swift, Difficult Discussions, Foster Parenting, General Discussion, Post Adoption Challenges & Behaviors, Strengthening Family Relationships
As adoptive parents, we began our journey to our child/children many months (years?) before they actually arrived in our homes. An idea became a dream. The Dream became a Process. The Process finally matched us with a child/children. Our longing was fulfilled and we...
by GIFT Coach | Feb 14, 2011 | General Discussion
What is the difference between foster care and adoption? Foster care is a temporary arrangement for a child who cannot live safely with the birth family. Foster parents in my opinion are some of the most selfless, caring, compassionate people in the world and I have...
