by GIFT Coach | May 25, 2016 | Adoption-attunement, Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, General Discussion
To the marrow of our bones, adoptive parents understand what we’ve called in earlier blogs “our magnificent obsession”: the consuming desire for children. We pursued adoption with passion and dogged determination, leaped every hurdle and met every...
by GIFT Coach | May 19, 2016 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion, Strengthening Family Relationships, suicide
In adoption, great joy and many blessings coexist with grief, sadness, curiosity, regret and other complicated but very real and profound emotions. We’ve focused several recent blogs on proactively establishing an adoption-attuned safety net for our children....
by GIFT Coach | May 4, 2016 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion
I am fortunate to live where gardenias flourish. Year after year, blossoms erupt in fragrant profusion. Snowy white blooms contrast with brilliant spring green foliage. Today I plucked two flowers and placed each in a tiny bud vase. My kitchen quickly filled with...
by GIFT Coach | Apr 30, 2016 | General Discussion
Open adoption has moved beyond the experimental stage and become the norm for most contemporary domestic adoptions. It has also created awareness that even with international adoptions, every effort should be made to gather as much birth family information, to...
by GIFT Coach | Apr 30, 2016 | General Discussion
Feel free to download and share. from ABC, Adoption & Me: A Multicultural Picture Book for Adoptive Families –by Gayle H. Swift with Casey A. Swift Learn how the coaches at GIFT Family Services can help you and your family navigate your adoption journey....
