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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  Crystal Brothers. The most important thing I want you to know about depression is this: It is an illness.  Depression is not a sin.  A person with depression . . .

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 Jersey Girl Gone Granola. What I want you to know is that I feel guilty. Not all the time, not all consuming. Just when I stop to think about it. Just when I see pregnant women . . .

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 never thought I would be in the shoes of a woman who has had an abortion. I am Catholic. I tried for six months for this baby. I wanted this baby. I remember when . . .

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 Kathryn Fishman-Weaver.  There are many crazy things you hear as transracial adoptive parents. For us, one of the more common sentiments is: “Wow, you adopted an older child--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 Mary McDoula. My 13 year old daughter recently had an ovarian cyst the size of a softball removed. Along with her left ovary and fallopian tube. Sadly, this is very common in . . .

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. You might have recently lost someone you love to suicide. Or maybe you know someone who lost someone they love. Or maybe you are considering suicide. . . .

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 Chloe.  What I want you to know about being the mean girl in high school is that some of us have regrets and would take it all back if we could. I honestly wouldn't classify . . .

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.  I came from a large family and I was changing the diapers for my younger siblings when I was barely out of them myself. When I was 12 I got my first . . .

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 DMC. My daughter was diagnosed with Turner's Syndrome at 13. Her doctor of 13 years dropped the ball, obviously not acknowledging that she wasn't even ON the growth chart.  It . . .

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 Ashley. I want you to know that I have always felt fatherless. I didn't know my biological father until I turned 21, and he didn't know I existed. It took me awhile to realize that . . .