What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s post is by LT, who blogs about her life after aging out of foster care. When I was in foster care, I felt so different from the rest of the world. I knew I was different….how could I not. I did not have a . . .
what I want you to know: pressumptions about single moms
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s post is by an anonymous reader. If you are new around here, this is usually a weekly series, but for the next few weeks it will be a daily feature. I'm a single mom. I've never . . .
Super Troupers
I’ve been having a great time with my nephews this week. We’ve all sort of settled into vacation mode with them here, acting like tourists and packing our days with all of the fun things we can think to do in the SoCal area. The boys have seen a taping of So You Think You Can Dance, they’ve been to Balboa island, the movies, a Dodgers game, and tonight we’re driving up to LA to be in a flashmob. We’re having a blast. OMG I AM SO TIRED. On Tuesday night we got to see the . . .
what I want you to know: adopting an older child
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s post is by the author of the blog Last Mom. If you are new around here, this is usually a weekly series, but for the next few weeks it will be a daily feature. My husband and I adopted . . .
what I want you to know: married to the ministry
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s post is by Claire. I sometimes feel invisible. You don’t always see me. You don’t think I’m a faithful supporter of the work of my husband’s ministry. It's our ministry, but sometimes he's the only . . .
what I want you to know: cancer at 24
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s post is by Andrea Mayhew. At 24 I was single,going out with friends and living a carefree life. It was December of 2002 and all of sudden my high school sweetheart came back in my life and we were . . .
what I want you to know: adoption is born of pain
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s post is by Shannon. What I want you to know is that adoption is not beautiful. Not beautiful in the traditional sense anyway. There’s no innocence or purity it in. My husband and I have two adopted children, . . .
that’s what HE said {father’s day edition}
Here are some great writings on fatherhood from the interwebs. Grab some tissues . . . Jaydn’s First Words A newly adopted dad hears his daughter say DADDY for the first time. A Father(less) Day A father reflects on father’s day and his estrangement from his own father A letter to my dad, very much . . .
happy father's day!
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what I want you to know week(s)
When I had the idea to do the What I Want You To Know series, I figured it would involve a couple guest posts for a few weeks. I had a couple topics in mind that I thought people would write about, but my vision was pretty small in terms of the breadth and depth of topics that would be covered. I have been so blown away by the response to this series, both by the readers and the writers. To those of you who read here every week, thank you for the support you have given to women . . .
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