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		<title>&#8220;Like Dandelion Dust&#8221;: A Film of Pain and Courage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(This post is by Ron Stoddart, Executive Director of Nightlight Christian Adoptions.) I had an opportunity to preview a new movie about adoption. “Like Dandelion Dust,” with Mira Sorvino, is a movie best described with two words – pain and courage. Although the premise of the movie may cause unnecessary concern for adopting parents as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nightlight Adoptee in the News!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 20:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oleg Parent, a Nightlight adoptee from Russia, made the sports section of the Orange County Register.  An 18 year old junior kicker at Trabuco Hills High School, he ranks among the nation&#8217;s top 15 kicking prospects in the Class of 2011. Oleg&#8217;s story is bittersweet, but ultimately uplifting—a timely reminder of the blessings of adoption.]]></description>
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		<title>Adoptive family Christmas testimony</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My husband and I are the proud parents of five children: one birth son and four who we adopted. Would I adopt children that were born drug addicted, mentally challenged, children with ADHD and Fetal Alcohol Disorder? And, knowing what I know now, I say yes.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Ingratitude&#8221; and an adoptee&#8217;s search for her birthmother</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over at Focus on the Family&#8217;s Boundless Webzine, Kimberly Eddy has written an article called &#8220;Looking for My Birthmother.&#8221; Here&#8217;s an excerpt: Many people are under the erroneous assumption that an adoptee&#8217;s desire to search for their biological family is rooted in some sort of ingratitude towards the sacrifices their adoptive parents have made for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;God gave Jim and Mary to her&#8221;: Part 5 of Sarah&#8217;s open adoption story</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Laura and Sarah discuss the possibility of Sarah's someday meeting the daughter she placed for adoption.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The father-daughter relationship is very important&#8221;: Part 4 of Sarah&#8217;s open adoption story</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This interview is part of a short series of interviews and testimonies about adoption. (Last week we blogged Margaret&#8217;s Mothers&#8217; Day Testimony of placing a child for adoption.) A few months ago Carolina Hope&#8217;s director (Laura Godwin) interviewed Sarah, a young woman who placed her infant daughter for adoption during her senior year of college. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I love you, and this is the best thing for you&#8221;: Part 3 of Sarah&#8217;s open adoption story</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sarah talks about giving birth and how hospital policies required some changes in her plans. She also talks about holding her baby girl before putting her in the arms of her new family.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Everybody&#8217;s nervous&#8221;: Parts 1 &amp; 2 of Sarah&#8217;s open adoption story</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this interview, Sarah talks about openness in adoption from the birthmother's perspective. She relates her first meeting with the prospective adoptive parents, as well as what qualities in the couple were important to her.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;God sees the big picture&#8221;: Part 5 of Margaret&#8217;s adoption story</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/866/</link>
		<comments>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/866/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following audio clip is excerpted from an interview with Margaret, a wife and mother who, when she was seventeen, found out she was pregnant and made a decision that would change her life. Here is the final part of Margaret&#8217;s testimony (given on Mother&#8217;s Day in her home church). Parts 1 and 2 were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I meet my birthdaughter for the first time&#8221;: Parts 3 &amp; 4 of Margaret&#8217;s adoption story</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/858/</link>
		<comments>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/858/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following audio clips are excerpted from an interview with Margaret, a wife and mother who, when she was seventeen, found out she was pregnant and made a decision that would change her life. Here are the next two parts of Margaret&#8217;s testimony (given on Mother&#8217;s Day in her home church). Parts 1 and 2 [...]]]></description>
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