by gayles | Sep 27, 2021 | General Discussion
Feeling short of time or finding it difficult to concentrate? You can listen to this post. Listening Time: 8:28 While waiting to become a parent, I spent some time ruminating on the way my own parents raised me. After I became a parent the challenges of...
by Gayle Swift | Dec 10, 2019 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion
If you prefer to listen to this blog, click the player that follows. At this time of year, hospitality features prominently. We ponder the message of “No room at the inn.” As adoptive parents, we could assert that we daily live a positive response; we welcomed...
by GIFT Coach | May 27, 2015 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion
Adopted families, like those formed exclusively by birth are fundamentally the same: parents and children love and are committed to one another forever. But our journey included more twists, turns, and an array of “intermediaries” (social workers, lawyers, etc.) than...
by GIFT Coach | Jul 24, 2013 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Gayle Swift, Blogs by Joann DiStefano, Infant Adoption, Post Adoption Challenges & Behaviors, Strengthening Family Relationships
The press is abuzz with excitement over the arrival of the British royal baby. His parents’ obvious joy echoed throughout Great Britain and the world. After an extremely brief introduction, the proud parents bustled their son off to the privacy of their home to begin...
by GIFT Coach | Apr 17, 2013 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, Blogs by Joann DiStefano, General Discussion, Infant Adoption, The Adoption Process
Most people have a childhood dream of becoming a parent. Children spend hours in fantasy play, pretending to be like their mommies and daddies and rehearsing their own future role of parent. For many adults, this desire intensifies when their relatives and friends...
