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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 Abigail. “What drew you to THESE kids? Did you originally plan to adopt so many?” A friend of mine asked me recently. I had to stop and think. We certainly didn’t plan . . .

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 Amy Townsend. My name is Amy and I am a working mom. I have three kids aged 3, 2, and 7 weeks. I desperately love my kids and my husband. I love Jesus and am working . . .

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 Sarah De La Cruz. Today my one year old Jonathan and I spent part of the morning doing further testing for his nut allergies—this is the fourth round of testing in 4 . . .

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 Nicole. Most of what I say can be applied to any stay at home mom, but I threw Mormon in there because there has been a stigma attached to it, especially in feminist . . .

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 Selena Boyts. “…she’s my mom and I love her.” -my son, age 17 The day we met our little boy he’d already experienced more trauma, neglect and abuse than most grownups . . .

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 A Lesbian Teacher. I want you to know that parent teacher conferences are my biggest fear. Not because I'm scared of talking about your kid, but because I'm scared . . .

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 Anonymous. *Inspired by another What I Want You To Know post on poverty. We live just above the poverty line, which means that we only qualified for EBT when my . . .

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 Anonymous. I am the granddaughter of a racist. And I don’t mean the theoretical kind of racism that academics from far away states carefully talk about when they . . .

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 Benjamin Lamm. We had been trying to adopt for several years, but it seemed there were many more prospective parents than adoptable children. When I learned that in 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 Amy M. Miller. About three years ago, in my early 40s, my husband looked at me while we sat on the sofa and said, "You know, you may have ADD." Since he had been . . .