<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>From Hope to Reality &#187; Dorothy</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/author/dorothy/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog</link>
	<description>the blog of nightlight christian adoptions</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:42:38 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
			<item>
		<title>Outsiders&#8217; views of our family . . .</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/1037/</link>
		<comments>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/1037/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorothy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Transracial Adoption]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/?p=1037</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My husband and I have been adopting transracially for 9 years and have almost forgotten that our large multi-racial family is still an anomaly in the United States. On Christmas Day, our local paper ran an interview and published an internet slideshow about who we are and how we are living. I was amazed at [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/1037/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Should Christmas be canceled when you are pursuing adoption?</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/1020/</link>
		<comments>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/1020/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorothy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Domestic Adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financing Adoption]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/?p=1020</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tree, gifts, spiral ham and sparkling cider - we are not talking about gross excess here, but the simple things that are a traditional part of our culture. It’s the question of spending money that does not absolutely have to be spent while we are facing the inevitable reality of significant bills related to adoption.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/1020/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Living through the waiting seasons in adoption</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/696/</link>
		<comments>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/696/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorothy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/?p=696</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our homestudy is done, we have a referral with photos and medicals safe in our file and we are simply waiting for the God-ordained time between today and the moment we either hold baby J as our own precious child or release him into a destiny outside of us. He is currently in a legal [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/696/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Confession time again – six adoptions doesn’t necessarily make the seventh easier.</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/621/</link>
		<comments>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/621/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorothy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Transracial Adoption]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/?p=621</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After six adoptions, I have a stronger empathy with the pain that birth families experience than I have ever had before. With the pleasure of a new child I now have a larger reserve to experience the suffering their placement brings. I pray for the families more and I cry over their realities. I see that but for grace, it could be me releasing a child into a future without me -- and my heart crumbles. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/621/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>&#8220;Am I making a terrible mistake by adopting transracially?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/476/</link>
		<comments>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/476/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorothy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Transracial Adoption]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/?p=476</guid>
		<description><![CDATA['Am I making a terrible mistake by adopting transracially?"  This is one of the hardest questions that adoptive parents ask me.  It is layers deep and generations long.   (more...)]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/476/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Teaching my children about their racial identities</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/473/</link>
		<comments>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/473/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorothy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Transracial Adoption]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/?p=473</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Teaching our transracially adopted children to embrace their racial identities is a daily, intentional and God focused part of our parenting (more...)]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/473/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Transracial adoption didn&#8217;t have to change my life.</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/466/</link>
		<comments>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/466/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorothy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transracial Adoption]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/?p=466</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Transracial adoption didn't need to change my life.  But I am a better parent and my family is stronger because it has. (more...)]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/466/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>&#8216;Do Black kids sunburn?&#8217; and other crazy questions I had no one to ask in my adoption journey</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/445/</link>
		<comments>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/445/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 14:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorothy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transracial Adoption]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/?p=445</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I had the opportunity of participating in the webinar that Carolina Hope&#8217;s director Laura Beauvais-Godwin did for families who are considering transracial/transcultural adoption. It was a good experience for me, and I hope that those who participated gained a little insight into the world of parenting children who don’t look like us. Personally, I wish [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/445/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Transracial Adoption: Talking about our extended families&#8217; response.</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/431/</link>
		<comments>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/431/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 18:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorothy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Transracial Adoption]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/?p=431</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When we began adopting transracially, our families were very alarmed, and they didn’t hesitate to tell us. They were concerned about us being naive and unrealistic. About our ‘perfect’ one-boy-one-girl family being rocked so hard that it would be destroyed. They pointed out that with college expenses rising we couldn’t educate more than two &#8212; [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/431/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Transracial Adoption:  Windows and doors.</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/416/</link>
		<comments>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/416/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorothy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Transracial Adoption]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/?p=416</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many countries and adoption programs that are closed to our family due to our income, age, family size and ethnicity. It is probably good that they are closed, as I have been accused of a tendency toward ‘adoption addiction’ &#8212; and it just makes it easier to find the specific paths that God [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/416/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
