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 | Jul 22, 2015 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion
I’ve mentioned earlier this year that our first grandchild will be born any day. I’ve been caught up in the tidal wave of excitement along with other family members and friends. A wide swath of support and joy has surrounded the delighted expectant...
by GIFT Coach | Jul 1, 2015 | General Discussion
The recent Supreme Court decision has repercussions in the adoption universe. In states that require and/or prefer married couples, it opens adoption as a possibility for married same-sex couples. This is life-changing news for children who languish and await a...
by GIFT Coach | May 13, 2015 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Guests, Difficult Discussions, Faith and Values, General Discussion, Open Adoption, Strengthening Family Relationships, The Adoption Triad
Lori Holden: Reader questions about open adoption relationships During a discussion of my book, The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption, held by a virtual book club two years ago, I was asked the question you see in the title above. Oh, yes indeedy, learn I did. And...
by GIFT Coach | Mar 25, 2015 | Blogs by Guests, General Discussion
For most of my life, through school and college and dating and infertility treatments, I was mostly guided by my head. I learned early on the surest way out of any problem was to study it, analyze it, work it, contemplate it. I was pretty successful with this method....