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How Star Trek: The Next Generation Helped Me Navigate Open Adoption
For most of my life, through school and college and dating and infertility treatments, I was mostly guided by...
20 Life-Transforming Choices Adoptees Need to Make
Sherrie Eldridge is an award-winning author of seven books, including the best-selling Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish...
Attuning to Family Harmony
Years ago, before I had ever heard the word "attunement" associated with adoptive parenting, a therapist told me,...
“Love Languages,” Adoption, and the Anger Connection
In our recent blog post we discussed The 5 Love Languages of Children, by Chapman & Campbell and learned the...
We Never Outgrow the Need for Family.
In our previous blog, we discussed the value of Love Languages and how this strategy can design more effective...
Attuning to Family Harmony
Years ago, before I had ever heard the word "attunement" associated with adoptive parenting, a therapist told me,...
The Language of L♥ve Has Many Dialects
When we love deeply, we express it in many ways--a thoughtful gesture, a loving touch, a heartfelt note or simply...
Transracial Adoption: Life Under the Microscope
Guest writer, blogger, transracial adoptee, Mariette Williams wrote this week's GIFT blog. Mariette lives in South...
Parenting in the Polar Vortex of Trauma
Adoptive parenting brings complexities that can challenge and defeat the best of us. For families whose children had...
Compassion Is an inside Job
During the previous two weeks, we have explored some techniques for creating connection, injecting playfulness in...
