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what i want you to know about the lifelong effects of an absent father

July 12, 2013

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 Tara.   What I want others to know is the heartache that a woman can suffer without a father. You see the heartache starts as a child when they are asking their mom where their daddy is. The . . .

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What I want you to know about the damaging effects of child neglect

July 10, 2013

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 Melody.   My son is a beautiful, articulate seven year old child. He is magnetic and draws people's attention almost immediately. He has been my child for 6 of his 7 years and yet that first . . .

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what i want you to know about having multiple miscarriages

July 3, 2013

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 Anne R. With my very first pregnancy, I went for my first ultrasound alone because Saeed (my husband) had a big meeting at work. I fully expected to bring home pictures of the baby for him to . . .

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What I want you to know about being a foster momma

June 26, 2013

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 Tiffanie. There are days that I wish I could live naively comfortable again... Days when I wish my eyes had not been opened to the injustices that surround us, before the faces of poverty were . . .

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What i want you to know about surviving date rape

June 19, 2013

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 anonymous reader. I debated the title of this for a while. "Being Date Raped" didn't sound right cause it made it seem like it was happening right now. And it's not...to me, at least. I wasn't . . .

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what i want you to know about talking with your infertile friend

June 12, 2013

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 Wendi. THE BASICS: A couple will eventually resolve the infertility problem in one of three ways: #1 They will eventually conceive a baby. #2 They will stop the infertility treatments and . . .

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What I want you to know: being married to an alcoholic

June 5, 2013

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 that it's hard to be married to an alcoholic. It's very hard when you are no longer in denial, and you see what pain and hurt he's causing to himself and . . .

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What i want you to know: parents of special-needs kids are not saints

May 29, 2013

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 Lauren. My husband and I adopted a daughter from overseas who has special needs. She is significantly visually impaired, has epilepsy and is significantly delayed. I want you to know that . . .

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what i want you to know: a teen’s perspective on a mom with two jobs

May 22, 2013

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 Sophie. I happened upon this series of blog posts, and after reading this teen's story, I wanted to share my own. What that writer ended with was that you don’t realize what you had until you no . . .

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what i want you to know: I was once homeless due to abuse

May 15, 2013

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 Sarah. I am 28, married, have a master’s degree, no kids yet, earned A’s and B’s all of my life with some scholarships and honors here and there, and am enjoying newlywed life in a cozy apartment . . .

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