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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 Kerri Cox. “My mother taught me everything, except how to live without her.” Every time I see this quote, I feel it describes my experience of losing my mother. Losing a . . .

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. This is so very hard to write, but even harder to live through. I cannot go into specific details because this is an open case being investigated… but I have a . . .

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 Teacher. Occasionally-- at parties or church or in line at Target-- people ask me what I do. When I answer, they normally look surprised. I teach 4th grade in a . . .

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. It was my junior year of college when my boyfriend of seven years noticed these strange grey bumps on the base of his penis. They were small and wart-like. 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 Denny Finnerin. With the aura comes the guilt. As soon as I feel what will undoubtedly become yet another migraine headache, the guilt kicks in. Guilt that I will miss more . . .

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 Monica. Several years ago, I was seeing a therapist and started to see that my relationship with my mother was extremely unhealthy. Growing up in a divorced home, I lived . . .

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 Kristin Michelle. "What happened to your arms?" It's a question I hear on a regular basis as someone who once dealt with self-harm. I struggled with cutting from ages 13 through . . .

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 Cary. There was a great "What I Want You to Know" post on this site about wanting a family as a queer woman. It captured that feeling of wanting a family, but knowing that there . . .

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. Am I the right mother for this child? Is this the right family for this child? Is this the right child for us? These are the questions I often hear in the adoption . . .