by gayles | Feb 12, 2020 | Adoptee experience, Adoption-attunement, Blogs by Gayle Swift, Empathy, General Discussion, Living adoption, Strengthening Family Relationships
Feeling short of time or finding it difficult to concentrate? You can listen to this post. An adult adoptee I know described a recent conversation she had with the eight-year-old daughter of a coworker. Somehow the child learned that my friend was adopted. This...
by Gayle Swift | May 12, 2019 | General Discussion
Mother’s Day sits in our rearview mirror with all of the complicated emotional baggage that adheres to it for us, our children, and their birth mothers. Hand in hand with great joy, we all grapple with elements of grief and loss. Unsurprisingly, this affects the...
by Gayle Swift | Feb 6, 2019 | Adoption-attunement, Blogs by Gayle Swift, Difficult Discussions, Empathy
Unless adoptive parents are also adoptees, we can only approximate in our minds and hearts what it must be like for our children. Adoption was the answer to our prayer; but for our children, it is far more complicated. The benefits they gained via adoption coexist...
by Gayle Swift | Sep 19, 2018 | Adoption-attunement, Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion
Wildfires, tornadoes, floods and hurricanes—weather has dominated the headlines in recent months. Disaster strikes with heartless intensity. Even a single death is one too many. Mother Nature can exact a crushing toll. Though many of the losses are material and...
by Gayle Swift | May 30, 2018 | Adoption-attunement, Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion, Strengthening Family Relationships
Those of us touched by adoption understand what it is like to feel “othered” or different. Many of us have adopted transracially and therefore, have a particular interest in ensuring equality for all. We get a closer look at the impact of racism, bias,...
