When Anxious and Quirky Means a Disorder
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 Erin who blogs over at A Good Enough Mom. Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash This afternoon, B, my seven-year-old, appeared in a play to end his two-week theater camp. It was adorably hilarious, as only . . .
What I want you to know about teen dating abuse
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 was submitted by an anonymous reader. Photo Credit: Sam Headland When I was 14 years old, I met the young man who would be my boyfriend for the next 5 years. He was my third . . .
What I want you to know about find my own way through lupus and becoming my own advocate
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 was submitted by Charlywww.barefootinthechapel.com. Photo by: Freestocks.org "Sitting in the doctor's office while she told me I had "MCTD," I remember thinking how much . . .
What I want you to know about living with a mental illness and being arrested for it
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 was submitted by Jolene. Photo by: Volkan Olmez I am 33 years old and on disability for a mental diagnoses and up until 2015 I had never been discriminated against . . .
What I want you to know about growing up with a Vietnam Veteran for a father
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 was submitted by Amy Bowman. Photo by: Thomas Tucker My dad was a living, breathing ghost in our house until I was an adult, when he finally began to "wake up" from . . .
What I want you to know about talking to people with different beliefs
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 was submitted by Alex. Photo by: Aaron Burden "I was brought up Christian, “came out” as non-Christian in my late teens, then re-evaluated and found God in my . . .
What I want you to know: Letter to a Pregnant Friend
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 was submitted by Melissa Uhles. Photo by: Janko Ferlic Dear Soon-to-be-Mama, I just read this book from the library called, ""The Mask of Motherhood"". I . . .
What I want you to know: Happy to be child-free
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 was submitted by Brittany. Photo by: Andrew Branch We had big news to share with my parents, so we invited them over for dinner. I was nervous, but obviously . . .
What I want you to know: an open letter of closure to my birth mother
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 was submitted by Brittaney. Photo by: Alvaro Serrano Dear Beverly: an open letter of closure to my birth mother I have been searching for you for the last fifteen . . .
What I want you to know…realizations of what it means to become a mom
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 was submitted by an anonymous reader. Photo by: Yaoqi Li My husband and I had children 100 percent on purpose. We felt ready, so I figured it would be easy, . . .
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