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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 posts is by Emily. My son was born with this beautiful shock of platinum hair... it was almost silver and seemed to glitter in the sunlight. As he got older, his hair lightened up, and grew into this . . .

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 Rachel. I’m confused. No, I’m downright exasperated. I have all these feelings I’ve never had before. Feelings related to…babies. Babies. There’s a word that’s never on my radar--a word I don’t . . .

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 Lindsay Thomas. I've got very fair skin, red hair, freckles, and blue eyes. When I go out in the sun, I wear SPF 45 (at least) to avoid bursting into flames, and at the makeup counter, I 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 posts is by anonymous reader. Wait, you already knew that. You are probably one of the people who has said to me, "I've always wanted to be a foster parent, but it would be so hard to get attached and then . . .

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 Abby. What I want you to know is I never dreamed that my family would ever be on food stamps. What I want you to know is how much it hurts the looks that I get from others when I am at the store . . .

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 Addison Cooper. I've been a social worker in foster care and adoption for the last several years. A joyous part of my journey has been helping kids finalize their adoptions out of foster care. . . .

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 Heather H. . My entire life I was told to get married and then have children. I assumed that’s how my future would unfold, especially since I focused more on my education 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 posts is by an anonymous reader. Being the oldest of four girls, I’ve always felt protective of my sisters. One of my sisters had an undiagnosed learning problem in elementary school and was made fun of for . . .

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 Beth. . First things first- HIV+ adoption is on the rise. If the mention of HIV makes you think of immediate death, then you need to pull your knowledge of the disease out of the . . .