by GIFT Coach | Jan 8, 2020 | General Discussion
Feeling short of time or finding it difficult to concentrate? You can listen to this post. Read time 6:21 Adoption myths persist because we find comfort in the reassurance they offer. They reinforce people’s belief systems. Some myths reassure adoptive parents...
by Gayle Swift | Dec 4, 2019 | General Discussion
Feeling short of time or finding it difficult to concentrate? You can listen to this blog post. Anyone who is intimately familiar with adoption recognizes that it includes a profound experience of both/and: both losing and gaining a family, both heartache and joy,...
by gayles | Jun 5, 2019 | General Discussion
School is out for the summer here which draws to mind a question: How can Intentional Parents glean the best that this interlude can offer families? Released from the burden of homework, academic projects, and extracurricular activities and all the stress and time...
by Gayle Swift | May 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
My colleagues and I have just returned from our annual retreat. Because we live in different states, we believe it is important to get together and reconnect. It’s one of the ways in which we invest in our relationship both as colleagues and as friends....
by Gayle Swift | Apr 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
My son celebrated his thirty-fourth birthday recently. For the first time in several years, his birth mother was not here to join us in person although she most certainly was present in spirit, in my own heart and most assuredly in our son’s. Over the years...
