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 Taylor. My brother entered my world in 1993. I was three years old. My parents had no idea he was going to be born with genetic abnormalities until they were in the delivery room. . . .
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What I want you to know about living with a husband who suffers from erectile dysfunction
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 browneyes. My husband suffers from erectile dysfunction and the last time we had sex was about 1.5 years ago. I stopped counting. I couldn't bear any longer to count. We no . . .
What I want you to know about adopting a child with deaf-blindness
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 Elizabeth. What I want you to know is that we are not saints because we adopted an older child with special needs. No, it was not part of our plan to adopt a child with medical . . .
What I want you to know about parenting with mental illness
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 Lani Roberts. I have three children: a son who died as an infant, an adopted son, and a biological daughter. My living children are one and two years old. I am a twenty-eight . . .
What I want you to know about being a social worker
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 Angela. What I want you to know is that my first exposure to social work was through the television show Judging Amy. I didn’t know the first thing about social work, but at . . .
What I want you to know about working on a political campaign
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. After a long day of talking with people in an office, making calls, and advocating for a candidate, I’m still going. I go to bed tired and wake up tired just so I can . . .
What I want you to know about my child’s hospitalization
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. Recently, my 3-year-old daughter and 1-year-old son came down with routine colds. Colds are never fun, but these seemed pretty mild and both kids were recovering . . .
What I want you to know about losing your child to cancer and the grief that will never go away
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 Waller. I am an addict. I have a deep craving that can never be satisfied. I think about my addiction from the moment I awake. I yearn for my drug. For fleeting . . .
What I want you to know about growing up in a large family
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 Larry Moran. Growing up in a family with ten children was comparable to being in a large litter of puppies around feeding time. When trying to get food there was extreme chaos . . .
What I want you to know about living with someone who has been suicidal
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 Belf Vincent. The death of Robin Williams hit me hard. I was sad for the loss of a great man who brought people such light was gone. But more than sadness, I was . . .
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