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what I want you to know: a letter to santa from a foster child

December 24, 2011

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 are new to this blog, regularly schedule programming will resume after the holidays, but you can check out the “Best Of” section in the meantime). If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. This guest post is cross-posted with permission from LT, who writes at I . . .

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what I want you to know: being bullied as a child

December 23, 2011

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 are new to this blog, regularly schedule programming will resume after the holidays, but you can check out the “Best Of” section in the meantime). If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. This post is by Dana. When I was a kid, I was the victim of bullying. It . . .

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change a life this christmas

December 22, 2011

Jeannett is no stranger to philanthropy through blogging,  Her blog is a regular host of guest posts that are matched with giveaways benefits a charity of choice.   Last Christmas, she set her sights on something that could change one person’s life forever – a pretty lofty goal.   Many bloggers joined Jeannett in sharing Cliff’s story and last Christmas, $5 at a time, readers made a difference for Cliff and raised almost $9,500 for his adoption. Cliff is now Joshua and . . .

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what I want you to know: regret over an abortion

December 21, 2011

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 are new to this blog, regularly schedule programming will resume after the holidays, but you can check out the “Best Of” section in the meantime). If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. This guest post is by an anonymous reader. Though I believe that I have . . .

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what I want you to know: adoption infertility

December 20, 2011

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 are new to this blog, regularly schedule programming will resume after the holidays, but you can check out the “Best Of” section in the meantime). If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. This guest post is by Heather Brookes. Adoption infertility: it isn’t a . . .

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what I want you to know: being asexual

December 19, 2011

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 are new to this blog, regularly schedule programming will resume after the holidays, but you can check out the “Best Of” section in the meantime). If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. This guest post is by Rebecca, who blogs at Dragon’s Quill. Part of the . . .

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The Sixth Annual Blogger Christmahanukwanzaakah Online Holiday Concert

December 18, 2011

For the sixth year in a row, Neil Kramer of Citizen of the Month is hosting an annual online concert featuring bloggers performing their favorite holiday standards. Neil’s intention in the concert was to bring the blogging community together, regardless of race or religion, for some holiday fun. Last year was my first time to participate, and I used a slideshow to tell the story of waiting for Kembe to come home for three Christmases in a row.   This year, the song was a family . . .

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what I want you to know: if I were a poor black kid

December 17, 2011

Today’s guest post is a bit of a departure for this series in that it is a cross-post response to a Forbes.com article from last week.  In case you missed it, Forbes published an article in which a middle-aged white man offers patronizing advice to “poor black kids” about how they could be successful if they would only use the right tech tools. The Forbes piece really got me ranty, and I think in part because the racism in the article was so subtle.  In my opinion it was racism . . .

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what I want you to know: adopting a child is the hardest thing I’ve ever done

December 16, 2011

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 are new to this blog, regularly schedule programming will resume after the holidays, but you can check out the “Best Of” section in the meantime). If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. This guest post is by an anonymous reader. Adoption isn't always . . .

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2nd MD: online access to the world’s best doctors

December 15, 2011

Thank you to 2nd.MD for providing me with a $200 stipend to test-drive this revolutionary online medical service. A couple weeks ago, I was asked to try a new online service called 2nd MD.  It’s a service that provides a consultation with a medical specialist of your choosing. Using face-to-face video chat, you get to chat with a specialist about your medical concerns. I was pretty intrigued with this idea for a couple of reasons.  First, because making a doctor’s appointment is . . .

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