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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 Janna Haynes. In 2007, after a few years of trying to figure out why I was constantly in pain, overwhelmed with fatigue and my joints felt like a 65 year old (I was 26), I . . .

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 Bronwyn Lea. This is what I want you to know about being an immigrant.In the ten years I have lived in the United States, people have often been shocked when I tell them that . . .

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 Laurie. What I want you to know about the empty nest or having a mid-life crisis. I am 49 years old, have a middle-class life, a master's degree, a dead end job, a nice, . . .

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 Leanne Penny. I’m 32 and the mother of two (almost three). When I was 28 I became an orphan. When you think of an orphan you likely think of a child overseas with a distended . . .

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 Jennifer C. As the weekend approached, I found my self having mixed emotions about the upcoming birthday of my youngest child. Normally an exceptionally energetic and . . .

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 face of PTSD...If you saw me walking down the street, you would not see the scars. If you stopped to talk to me, you would not see the wounds. If you . . .

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 Alex King. Over 13 years ago, I adopted a baby in Cambodia.Two years later, the news broke that our government was closing all immigration processing of Cambodian adoptees, . . .

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 Danielle Reed. I think about your stories on my drive home. When I cook dinner for my family, I wonder if you ever found your missing book. I call my sister and we laugh . . .

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 felt compelled to write about my experience as a victim, in light of the news about the Duggar family. An old wound surfaced and my heart hurt by some of 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 Dawn Bizzell, M.Ed. Trigger Warning: Suicide, Mental Illness, Self-harmI want you to know my children. I want you to know how beautiful, talented, and amazing they are. I . . .