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Fathers Matter

by Gayle Swift | Jun 21, 2023 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool|Blogs by Gayle Swift

Feeling short of time or finding it difficult to concentrate? You can listen to this post. Listen time 6:04 Father’s Day dominates our thoughts this month. Big Holidays like this are freighted with extra emotional baggage in the world of adoption. In American...
The Blessings of Fatherhood

The Blessings of Fatherhood

by gayles | Jun 3, 2021 | Adoption reunion, Adoption reunioni, Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion

Feeling short of time or finding it difficult to concentrate? You can listen to this post. Listen time 6:04 Father’s Day dominates our thoughts this month. Big Holidays like this are freighted with extra emotional baggage in the world of adoption. The importance...

Out of the Ashes, a New Reality Emerges

by Gayle Swift | Apr 19, 2017 | Adoptee experience, Adoption Attuned Parenting, Reunioin

We shared the recent Easter weekend with my son’s birth mother and grandmother. How apropos it seemed to be celebrating this holiday which focuses on resurrection and new life. After living a closed adoption for twenty years, twelve years ago my son and his...

You Get What You Give: Reunion in Adoption, A Birth Mother’s Personal Story

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...

National Adoption Month–an Adoptee’s Perspective: The importance of biological Connections

by GIFT Coach | Nov 8, 2013 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Faith and Values, Infant Adoption, Strengthening Family Relationships

In honor of National Adoption Month, we are sharing the insights of adoptees. We invited them to share any thoughts which might assist families currently raising their children. Our first guest blogger is Parker Swift, pictured at left at 22 months. He is now 28. I...
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