by Gayle Swift | Sep 18, 2019 | General Discussion
Learn how the coaches at GIFT Family Services can help you and your family navigate your adoption journey. We’ve faced our share of family challenges and crises, ridden the metaphorical rollercoaster, and our families have not only survived; they...
by Gayle Swift | Sep 11, 2019 | Empathy, Family dynamics, Strengthening Family Relationships
“It takes a village.” Typically, we hear this truism in reference to raising children; it might equally apply to being a community or country. When it comes to confronting disasters, it is overwhelmingly true. In fact, it takes many villages. The most recent disaster,...
by GIFT Coach | Sep 4, 2019 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Guests, Empathy, General Discussion, Intentional Parenting, Strengthening Family Relationships, The Adoption Triad
We are privileged this week to have this guest blog written by Lynn Grubb. She is both an adoptee and an adoptive parent. She lives adoption from both sides of the relationship equation! Enjoy, listen, and learn! Lynn Grubb is an Illinois born adoptee, and a 50-year...