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. This guest post is by Elisabeth. My Mum died in January, 2000. She took her own life by throwing herself under a freight train. I want you to know how such a tremendous loss has slowly shaped me into the person I am today. Back . . .
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what I want you to know: don’t pity my child because he wasn’t breastfed
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. This guest post is by Lindsay. What I want you to know is that I always planned on breastfeeding. It was the only thing that was for certain during my difficult pregnancy, the one constant I could rely on and prepare for when I . . .
what I want you to know: being the pastor’s wife
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. This guest post is by an anonymous reader. I am a preacher's wife. My husband and I happen to be a part of the United Methodist Church which is a system that dictates when, where, and how often we move. I want you to know that we . . .
what I want you to know: nosey questions about mixed-race families get annoying
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. This guest post is by an anonymous reader. I am a 28yr old caucasian mom of two kids, a boy and a girl, ages 1 & 3 1/2. Oh, and they are black. And adopted. I should also mention I’m married to a caucasian man. It is my only . . .
what I want you to know: pornography is ripping marriage apart
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. This guest post is by an anonymous reader. What I want you to know is pornography is a huge problem in marriages. It can kill a marriage. And that's what happened to mine. What I want you to know is that a majority of divorces . . .
what I want you to know: stepmoms are not wicked
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. This guest post is by Diana Carbajal Mejia. Not long ago I wrote a post for the Huffington Post Divorce section. It was the first post I have ever written for them and I was thrilled that it was published. I wrote the post after . . .
what I want you to know: being 30, single, and barren
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. This guest post is by an anonymous reader.. I want you to know that all I've ever wanted in life was to be a wife and mother. I am 30 this year and I have yet to meet my husband. I want you to know that I am 30 and a virgin. I . . .
what I want you to know: an ectopic pregnancy ended my unplanned pregnancy
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. This guest post is by Jenny H. I had an ectopic pregnancy...which ended my unplanned pregnancy. How am I feeling? I’m not sure. If I take the time to figure out how I really feel, I will have to choose to own those feelings, even . . .
what I want you to know: when a friend is diagnosed with cancer
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. This guest post is by Cynthia. Like most mothers of young children I eagerly look forward to those rare times when I can get out of the house for a Girls’ Night Out. One night in March 2010 Charlotte, a good friend of mine, was . . .
what I want you to know: meeting a foster child, and then letting her go
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. This guest post is by Kristen B. I had never experienced the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) before. This was my first time. While enjoying a trip out of town I received a phone call for a 2 week old baby that needed a . . .
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