by Gayle Swift | Oct 11, 2017 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion
A recent Washington Post article: Want your kids to be resilient? Here’s what not to do reviewed Amy Morin’s book and includes some practical ideas for helping kids to grow up to be self-sufficient, capable and happy. As intentional parents, we share this...
by Gayle Swift | Oct 4, 2017 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, Difficult Discussions, Faith and Values, General Discussion, Strengthening Family Relationships
Reweaving connection…so much of life depends on our ability to accomplish this. Families built via adoption live this reality in a unique life-redefining way! We understand the effort and importance involved. Whether a relationship breach exists between spouses...
by Gayle Swift | Sep 27, 2017 | General Discussion
Lately it feels like disaster looms everywhere. Wildfires burn in the west. Hurricanes assault our coasts. Earthquakes shake the continent. Floodwaters burden Texas. The potential for war with Korea feels possible. Puerto Rico struggles to recover from apocalyptic...
by Gayle Swift | Sep 20, 2017 | General Discussion
Readers of this blog understand that change is difficult for many adoptees. It triggers feelings of fear, rejection and instability which are rooted in the separation from the birth mother. An adoptee’s predisposition to be hypersensitive to change makes sense...
by Gayle Swift | Sep 13, 2017 | General Discussion
Time and again we see Americans come together to help one another. In the face of disaster, we see the humanity of all and our perceptions of difference and otherness fades. When an emergency responder arrives, we don’t stop to identify their politics, race or...
by Gayle Swift | Aug 30, 2017 | General Discussion
Catastrophe … we don’t toss that word out casually but it is exactly what is happening in Texas and along the Gulf states. When catastrophes befall us, they define and reshape us as individuals and families, as citizens and communities. They create opportunities for...
