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 guest post is by Callie. Photo by: Chuttersnap I used to be on staff at a church. From time to time, we would learn of a family who had transferred their membership to another church in town. . . .

Here are some things I read this week that made me think. (These are just snippets - click on the title to read the whole thing.) Craigslist Missed Connections (parents4parents) by Raquel D'Apice with The Ugly Volvo "7.) Not sure if you’ll remember me. You were sitting with a friend in Starbucks talking about how you had been considering having a third child. I was the woman two tables over who leapt from her chair and knocked over a display case of mugs while screaming the words, “DON’T . . .

Has your week been long and crazy and full of events like mine has?  Here's just a taste of what's been happening in my Instagram world this week..... Out of curiosity, I decided to peruse the photos from the March for Life today.  References to abortion were plentiful.  I did not see a single reference to foster youth, immigrant safety, access to healthcare, death penalty, #blacklivesmatter, birth control, assistance to impoverished families, or orphan care.  The pro-life . . .

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 guest post is by an anonymous reader. Photo by: Marco Ceschi  Not a single day goes by that I do not think of her and that moment. The moment she crumbled onto the cold marble floor of the . . .

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 guest post is by Cindy Battles. Photo by: David Beale It happened while we were driving back from…I don’t know…somewhere. My son was telling me about a tattoo he wanted to get. To be honest, I was . . .

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Here are some things I read this week that made me think.  (These are just snippets - click on the title to read the whole thing.) The Best Tips for Spotting Fake News in the Age of Trump from William via Teen Vogue "In this op-ed, William Colglazier — an AP US History teacher from California who is teaching his students how to spot fake news — explains how we can do the same. Asking simple and logical questions can destroy a lunch-time rumor, and it’s exactly what needs to be . . .