<?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>CYNTHIA J. PATTON &#187; Election 2016</title>
	<atom:link href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/tag/election-2016/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://cynthiajpatton.com</link>
	<description>Autism, adoption, single parenting &#38; starting over </description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sun, 07 Jan 2024 22:27:35 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-US</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Hope Is a Funny Thing</title>
		<link>http://cynthiajpatton.com/2017/02/hope-is-a-funny-thing/</link>
		<comments>http://cynthiajpatton.com/2017/02/hope-is-a-funny-thing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2017 15:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia J. Patton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Autism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Acceptance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2016]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Letting Go]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unplanned Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[White Pantsuit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women's Voting Rights]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cynthiajpatton.com/?p=3846</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hope is a funny thing. Just when you think it’s gone, you find it in the most unlikely place. I’ll give you an example. Back on Election Day 2016, I squeezed into a white pantsuit. Normally I vote with an &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2017/02/hope-is-a-funny-thing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://cynthiajpatton.com/2017/02/hope-is-a-funny-thing/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>An Uncertain 2017</title>
		<link>http://cynthiajpatton.com/2017/01/an-uncertain-2017/</link>
		<comments>http://cynthiajpatton.com/2017/01/an-uncertain-2017/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia J. Patton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Autism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2016 Presidential Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2016]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holidays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open Mind School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pandemic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rapid Prompting Method]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RPM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Single Parent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soma RPM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Special Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Speech Delay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unplanned Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing Life]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cynthiajpatton.com/?p=3821</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a grueling two months. First there was the election and it&#8217;s aftermath. An acquaintance called it similar to a pandemic: sudden, shocking, and widespread. It&#8217;s the best description I&#8217;ve heard so far, although I&#8217;d prefer an element of &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2017/01/an-uncertain-2017/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://cynthiajpatton.com/2017/01/an-uncertain-2017/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Hope Blooms</title>
		<link>http://cynthiajpatton.com/2016/12/hope-blooms/</link>
		<comments>http://cynthiajpatton.com/2016/12/hope-blooms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2016 15:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia J. Patton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Autism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Acceptance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Across An Aqueous Moon: Travels in Autism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diagnosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2016]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hope Blooms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Letting Go]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Special Needs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unplanned Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing Life]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cynthiajpatton.com/?p=3789</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s hard to have hope after the most qualified woman—technically the most qualified person, male or female, in decades—loses an election to a compulsive liar without an ounce of relevant governmental experience. But something about the fear and the shock, &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2016/12/hope-blooms/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://cynthiajpatton.com/2016/12/hope-blooms/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>In the Time of Wolves</title>
		<link>http://cynthiajpatton.com/2016/12/in-the-time-of-wolves/</link>
		<comments>http://cynthiajpatton.com/2016/12/in-the-time-of-wolves/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2016 15:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia J. Patton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cynthia J Patton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2016]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Endangered Species Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Protection Agency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In The Time Of Wolves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oregon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unplanned Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[White Pantsuit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wolves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yellowstone]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cynthiajpatton.com/?p=3773</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lately it&#8217;s been hard to get out of bed, much less write. But I managed to funnel all of my anger, disappointment, sorrow, confusion, and fear into a poem. It still feels kind of raw, this newly hatched work. But &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2016/12/in-the-time-of-wolves/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://cynthiajpatton.com/2016/12/in-the-time-of-wolves/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
