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. This guest post is by an anonymous reader.. I want you to know that all I've ever wanted in life was to be a wife and mother. I am 30 this year and I have yet to meet my husband. I want you to know that I am 30 and a virgin. I . . .
what I want you to know: an ectopic pregnancy ended my unplanned pregnancy
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. This guest post is by Jenny H. I had an ectopic pregnancy...which ended my unplanned pregnancy. How am I feeling? I’m not sure. If I take the time to figure out how I really feel, I will have to choose to own those feelings, even . . .
that’s what SHE said: internet-induced anxiety and the race to nowhere
Is the Internet Making Us Crazy? What the New Research Says | The Daily Beast Now, however, the proof is starting to pile up. The first good, peer-reviewed research is emerging, and the picture is much gloomier than the trumpet blasts of Web utopians have allowed. The current incarnation of the Internet—portable, social, accelerated, and all-pervasive—may be making us not just dumber or lonelier but more depressed and anxious, prone to obsessive-compulsive and attention-deficit disorders, even . . .
what I want you to know: when a friend is diagnosed with cancer
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. This guest post is by Cynthia. Like most mothers of young children I eagerly look forward to those rare times when I can get out of the house for a Girls’ Night Out. One night in March 2010 Charlotte, a good friend of mine, was . . .
what I want you to know: meeting a foster child, and then letting her go
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. This guest post is by Kristen B. I had never experienced the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) before. This was my first time. While enjoying a trip out of town I received a phone call for a 2 week old baby that needed a . . .
what I want you to know about august
I’m going to be on a lighter posting schedule for the month of August. I’m traveling a bit, but I’m also wanting to slow down a bit to try to have a bit more fun with the kids before they start school again. I’m going to be posting some What I Want You to Know essays in the meantime, which is a win-win because the queue of posts is nearly a year long. There are some great stories that I’ve been wanting to share, so this will give me a chance to publish more of them. On that . . .
what I want you to know: why we treat our son’s ADHD with biomedical therapy
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. This guest post is by Summer. Note: Biomedical therapy is based upon extensive biomedical tests such as lab analysis of urine, blood, hair and stool. It evaluates nutritional status, heavy metal toxicity, allergies, . . .
what I want you to know: watching a friend grieve a failed adoption placement
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. This guest post is by an anonymous reader. Note: a couple months ago I posted the story of a woman who experienced adoption loss. This post is from her best friend, who wanted to tell the story from her perspective. Two years ago . . .
mother’s little helper: the podcast
It’s hard to believe that today begins the last month of summer. I’m finding myself wondering where the summer went, and determined to try to eek some more fun out of the next month because so far, it’s just been a blur. Summer as a working mom is an interesting thing . . . I grew up with parents who were both in education, and as an adult it is still blowing my mind that some people (i.e. myself) do not just get to laze about all summer long, but actually have to continue working. . . .
the cart full of condoms at Target
I decided to make a Target run after the kids went to bed, and luxuriate in the quiet pleasure of shopping alone. If someone would have told my 18-year-old rave-loving self that at 37, a trip to Target would be the highlight of my week, I would have died of existential mortification. But there it is, folks. My big night out is going to Target by myself. I was just taking my time, relishing the fact that I could peruse every aisle without a whining child asking for something. I have a . . .
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