My journey to Adoption - Gaile Osborne

01/18/22 • 55 min

Adoption is a personal journey for every family...there is no one way. Maybe you couldn't conceive on your own or maybe you just felt called to foster or adopt children. Wherever you are on your journey...know you are right where you are supposed to be.
Gaile has a master’s degree in special education and 25 years of experience in the field. Currently, she is the executive director for Foster Family Alliance of North Carolina, the voice of Foster, Adoptive and Kinships parents in NC.
Gaile takes us on her family's journey to becoming an adoptive family and medically fragile foster home. So much gold in this episode, make sure to grab your notebook!
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Healing Begins on the Inside - My journey to Adoption - Gaile Osborne

Transcript

Gaile Osborne00:00:05.490

If you've ever gone through an adoption, you know that things probably will step up around the adoption. Well, what we went through when they first came into our home was nothing what we were going to go through when that last name changed.

Dena Mccomb00:00:29.239

Are you so busy managing the chaos in your family, that your meals are last minute thought. You can't remember the last time you had a night out. You