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what I want you to know about august

August 3, 2012

I’m going to be on a lighter posting schedule for the month of August. I’m traveling a bit, but I’m also wanting to slow down a bit to try to have a bit more fun with the kids before they start school again.  I’m going to be posting some What I Want You to Know essays in the meantime, which is a win-win because the queue of posts is nearly a year long. There are some great stories that I’ve been wanting to share, so this will give me a chance to publish more of them.  On that . . .

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what I want you to know: why we treat our son’s ADHD with biomedical therapy

August 2, 2012

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 Summer. Note: Biomedical therapy is based upon extensive biomedical tests such as lab analysis of urine, blood, hair and stool.  It evaluates nutritional status, heavy metal toxicity, allergies, . . .

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what I want you to know: watching a friend grieve a failed adoption placement

August 1, 2012

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. Note: a couple months ago I posted the story of a woman who experienced adoption loss. This post is from her best friend, who wanted to tell the story from her perspective. Two years ago . . .

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what I want you to know: the life of a domestic missionary

July 24, 2012

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 Heather K. Travelers are dreamers who live in a reality... but sometimes reality can mean 200 miles away from home. As a missionary in the US, much less Ft. Worth, Texas, I dreamed of a far away land in . . .

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what I want you to know: being a single foster mom

July 4, 2012

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 On the Journey of Love. I'm a single mom of a beautiful 5 month old baby girl. She's my foster daughter but hopefully soon I will be able to adopt her. It's interesting because when I started out my journey . . .

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what I want you to know: being a Christian isn’t a free pass to judge others

June 27, 2012

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 Mallory. My name is Mallory. I'm a 19 year old college student that lives in North Carolina. I have had a life full of medical issues, including 19 surgeries. I live in a small town and it was during my . . .

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what I want you to know: the face of abuse is a master of disguise

June 19, 2012

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 Alissa. No one ever thinks they're going to end up in an abusive relationship. It's never anyone's goal. However, it happens every day and sometimes it happens to people you'd never dream it would. I was . . .

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what I want you to know: worrying about how my daughters will perceive my plastic surgery

June 12, 2012

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 an educated woman. I didn't want to look like Barbie or one of Hugh Hefner's girls. I didn't want to be perfect. I just wanted to get back a little bit of what two pregnancies and . . .

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what I want you to know: when it comes to losing a child, time does not heal

June 6, 2012

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 Alyssa. I want people to know that even though it's been 8 years since my daughter died at age 3 months, I still grieve. I wish people understood that not talking about it doesn't help me. It angers me and . . .

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what I want you to know: the loneliness of having a spouse with a chronic health disability

May 29, 2012

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. For better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness or in health. We have lived all of these in our almost 19 years of marriage. We’ve loved each other from the time we met in . . .

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