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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 an anonymous reader.  I recently found out about a condition babies are born with called AIS (Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome). In a nutshell baby girls are born with XY . . .

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 Cyndi Taylor.  My son is a bundle of energy. His hair is the color of corn silk. His eyes match the color of the sky and sparkle like the stars. He is quick to offer his smiles to 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 Alysa Bajenaru, RD. I want you to know that I’m not a picky eater, I’m not on a fad diet, I’m not a health freak.  I want you to know that I feel like the biggest pain 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 Meredith Cox.  The time between my fourth and seventh birthdays is full of my first memories. I remember a backyard hill covered in leaves. I remember a pink swing that my loving . . .

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 Alissa BC. I'm not sure when I first decided that I would be a breastfeeding mom, but I do know that not long after I became pregnant with our son, I began extensively . . .

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 Briana Meade. For a long time, I've had this "perfect" version of a mother in my head. She looks a lot like my mother-in-law, who once-upon-a-time raised four kids seemingly . . .

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  Samantha. What I want you to know about being a stepmom is that not all of us make our stepchildren scrub our stone floors. (Mainly because I don't have stone . . .

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 Lexi.  As a foster parent, the number one excuse people give me for why they could never be a foster parent is “I could never let the children go.” This reasoning has always . . .

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 an anonymous writer. Shortly after our son came home from Africa at 8 months old we knew that he was not neurotypical, but we didn't know to what extent. We had him evaluated . . .

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 an anonymous writer. Three years ago, I became a statistic.Three years ago, my life changed.Three years ago, I was sexually abused.Rewind to 2001. My grandfather passed away . . .