by GIFT Coach | Nov 6, 2014 | Blogs by Guests, General Discussion, The Adoption Process
To observe National Adoption Month. GIFT is featuring a variety of guests bloggers. Enjoy their stories. We appreciate their willingness to share such private moments. I was 41, Single and Jewish…and I was matched in THREE months! So first, let’s...
by GIFT Coach | Nov 5, 2014 | Adoption REunioni, doptee speaks, General Discussion
In our previous blog, a birth mother shared her reunion experience as she reconnected with her birth son twenty-nine years after his adoption. In this post, that son tells his side of the reunion experience–what it meant to him and how it has changed the...
by GIFT Coach | Nov 5, 2014 | Adoption reunioin, Blogs by Guests, General Discussion
There are those who believe the Universe acts in mysterious ways. Then there are those who believe the Universe knows exactly what she’s doing. I’m one those people. And I know it’s true because of my own story and the divine intervention that...
by GIFT Coach | Oct 30, 2014 | Adoption Attuned Parenting
To prepare for National Adoption Month, last week we discussed the importance of parenting with a “High AQ”–parenting with adoption attunement. To recap, we stipulated that love is the beginning of adoptive family success. We also asserted that love...
by GIFT Coach | Oct 22, 2014 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion
Let’s stipulate that a healthy parent-child relationship grows in the nurturing cocoon of love. In adoptive families love is present, pervasive, intentional and committed. Unfortunately, love is not “enough” to firmly heal a child’s losses in...
