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 Kelsey Butcher. In conversations I have had about my history with anorexia and bulimia, people tend to have the same two questions: “What caused it?” and “How did you . . .
What I want you to know about interacting with a child with a mental disability
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 Petra. What I want you to know is that when my 6 1/2 year old is having a meltdown in the grocery store it's because she has sensory processing disorder. Her brain thinks that . . .
An Mmm Bop Birthday
This post is sponsored by ShoeBox. My husband’s birthday was a few weeks ago. It also happened to be the day of our Beer & Hymns gathering. The two guys who lead Beer & Hymns with me are two of my husband’s closest friends, so we decided to parlay this month’s afterparty into a bit of a birthday celebration for Mark. (We do a themed afterparty after most of our events where we perform cover songs and lead the crowd in a rowdy sing-along.) We wanted to do some songs that Mark . . .
A weekend in the desert
For the past 10 years, we’ve done a weekend in the desert outside of Palm Springs with some friends. It’s a tradition that our family loves, as we are joined by other families with kids. We’ve been doing it long enough that as our friendship circle has widened, so has the group that comes with us. This year was our biggest year yet, and it was a blast. We had new friends and old, friends from church and from doing music and from the blogging community, and it turned out to be such a fun group . . .
that’s what SHE said: A solidarity fridge, a very happy brain, losing a companion, Mindy Kaling on confidence, and more…
SPAIN'S SOLIDARITY FRIDGE | NPR.ORG In the Basque town of Galdakao, a community cuts down on food waste by delivering leftovers to a communal fridge known as the Solidarity Fridge. An inspiring legacy of the financial crisis's imprint on Spain, the culture of the Basque region ("to eat well") helps its own in a time where unemployment rates are still high and the people are still reeling from a devastating economic crisis. Inspired by images of people searching dumpsters for food, Alvaro . . .
Friday Finds: Cute & Casual Dresses
1. Fit & Flare Dress | Old Navy 2. Printed Crepe Easy Waist Dress | Target 3. Kimono Dress | Mossimo Supply Co. 4. 1969 denim western shirtdress | The Gap 5. Southwestern Print Shirt Dress | Forever 21 6. Chambray Dot Shirtdress | Anthropologie 7. Seersucker Shift Dress Merona | Target 8. Swing Dress | Old Navy 9. Stem V-Back Dress | Nordstrom . . .
What I want you to know about raising a severely impaired 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 guest post is by Jessica Ronne. “Why didn’t you bring Luke?”My husband and I often hear this question voiced from well-meaning folks and there’s not a simple answer just like Luke is not a . . .
How to talk to teachers about adoption-related issues
I don’t talk very much about some of the attachment-related issues that our family deals with. I’m intentionally vague about it, but at the same time I’m not trying to sugar-coat anything. I don’t think it’s honoring to go into detail about all of the ways my child with attachment, but at the same time, I don’t think it’s helpful to other adoptive families who read here to pretend like it isn’t a factor. So I will preface this post by making a sweeping generalization: kids who have spent . . .
Wednesday’s Child: Alac
Every Wednesday I feature a child recently highlighted by a local Wednesday's Child newscast to share the stories of children from around the country who are waiting for a family. My hope is that this can broaden exposure for the children highlighted, but also serve as a reminder that these children represent thousands of children currently in the foster-care system. Perhaps their stories will inspire you to consider opening your home to a child needing a family. For more information and to . . .
What I want you to know about living with Fibromyalgia
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 Janna Haynes. In 2007, after a few years of trying to figure out why I was constantly in pain, overwhelmed with fatigue and my joints felt like a 65 year old (I was 26), I . . .
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