Adoption Related Blog Articles | Growing Intentional Families Together, LLC

Recipe for a Happy Family

by Gayle Swift | Mar 1, 2023

As the yeasty scent of homemade bread baking in my oven filled my kitchen the other day, I had a thought. Wouldn’t it...

Perspective on Gift-giving for Adoptive Families

by Gayle Swift | Feb 1, 2023

What unique factors complicate the art of gift-giving and its connection to relationship building within the context...

Celebrate Family Wins: Start the Year on a Positive Note

by Gayle Swift | Jan 4, 2023

Celebrate your family wins & start the year on a positive note. Note & affirm incremental progress. Encourage & affirm more than you criticize & evaluate. Make 2023 a year in which you allow yourself and your children grace, to try, to fail, and appreciate the lessons learned along the way.

Create A Memorable Holiday: Focus on Strengthening Connection

by Gayle Swift | Dec 7, 2022

For many folks, December is a month in which they think deeply about peace, goodwill, and family togetherness. Whether...

Five Goals for Growing Your Perspective of Adoption

by Gayle Swift | Nov 2, 2022

n acknowledgment that November is National Adoption Awareness Month, we challenge you to GROW your perspective of adoption. We invite you to move beyond seeing adoption as a “blessing” or “miracle” to embrace the more complicated reality. Help build a more nuanced conversation about adoption one that acknowledges the bitter and the sweet, the losses and the gains, the heartache and the joy. Here are several GROW suggestions to which you might commit. If you prefer, please create some of your own.