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Gayle H. Swift, an adoptive mother of two now-adult children, co-founder of GIFT (Growing Intentional Families Together,) a certified coach and a former foster parent is dedicated to supporting adoptees and the families who love them. A fifty-four-year survivor of ovarian cancer, she treasures the blessing of family relationships. Gayle has paraglided in Peru, hiked the citadel of Machu Picchu, trekked glaciers in Antarctica, and snorkeled the glacial melt between the tectonic plates in Iceland. But parenting proved to be the greatest adventure of her life.
She collaborated on the multi-award-winning "ABC, Adoption & Me with her daughter Casey (an adoptee.) It was re-illustrated and revised in 2019 to reflect the latest in professional understanding of the adoptive family’s journey. Check out the new version! The original version of ABC, Adoption & Me was named a Favorite Read of 2013 by Adoptive Families Magazine and several other awards. Gayle has won seven Royal Palm Literary Awards. She blogs on adoption at the GIFTfamilyservices website and reviews children’s books at her personal website GaylehSwift .
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