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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 anonymous reader. What I want you to know is that I have been addicted to narcotic pain medication for over four years. I work full-time as an investment professional, I am married, a Christian, . . .

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 Kathy.  Adoption is not an unselfish act. We didn’t choose adoption because we wanted to help a child or save him/her from a terrible life. We chose it because it was the only way to grow . . .

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 Shelley Armenta. Marriage isn’t exactly an eyebrow raiser. Most people are raised with the belief that marriage is a rite of passage. What makes my marriage seem crazy to so many people is 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 posts is by Alejandra. I grew up in a lower-income household. My father was disabled, and my mother gave up her dreams to support us. I was the youngest of three girls. We were not a typical Hispanic . . .

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 posts is by an anonymous reader.    What I want you to know is what it is really like being Catholic. I grew up in the midwest in a large Catholic family. We moved to the East Coast when I was 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 posts is by Christina Lang. I want you to know that my parents got divorced when I was 16, and at 33 years old, I still deal with the ramifications. It affects my relationship with my husband, my sex . . .

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 posts is by Carrie. My husband and I started the process to adopt a child from China in January of 2006. At that time, we were expected to wait about 8-12 months for a referral. While we were getting 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 an anonymous reader.  What I want you to know is that I am a single mom who reached out to my daughter’s "other" family. I had a perception about what my daughter’s father’s family must . . .