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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 Just Sad Today. I am married to an alcoholic, not the way you may be thinking right now. He hasn't taken a drink in over 15 years, but he is an alcoholic all the same. He was off to . . .

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 Kaela Beach. In a sterile and noisy waiting room, I anxiously waited for the surgeon to come out and tell me if my husband of only two weeks had cancer. He did come out and 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. We got a letter in the mail from our pediatrician this week saying that they would no longer see our children and we needed to find a new doctor.Why?Because we refuse to . . .

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 Laura Belanger.  What I want you to know about loving your adopted baby is that sometimes, it is not love at first sight. Sometimes, it happens slowly over time, and that is OK. . . .

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 Hyacynth. I am not broken to joy. I may have said goodbye too soon to babies we'll never hold this side of eternity, but that hasn't broken my ability to rejoice and give thanks . . .

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 Shannon. When we first started the adoption process and people asked how things were going, it was so fun to answer. I could proudly say, “Great! We just finished our . . .

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 Katie Christensen-Singley. I've never considered myself a "hippie" or even au natural. I enjoy wearing makeup (and have no interest going out in public without my bronzer - even . . .

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 Erin Cash.  What I want you to know is that mental illness is not something you can fix. For close to a decade I've been living with Generalized Anxiety Disorder. It's 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 Marva. I‘m 20 years old, have two amazing siblings - a healthy brother who‘s 2 years older than me, and a little sister who‘s 6 1/2 years younger than me.Long before my little sister . . .

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 Jen Farhat. A few years ago I read a post by one of my favorite bloggers, Erin Shea, who was talking about her struggles with infertility. At the end of the piece, she said this after . . .