What I want you to know regarding MY truth about student loans
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 Traci. Photo by: Vitaly I was born and raised in the South to two black parents, neither of whom went to college. I am also the baby in a family of . . .
What I want you to know about serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer
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 Mary. Photo by: Benjamin Combs I've always wanted to be a Peace Corps Volunteer (PCV). As a child, high-schooler, university student I daydreamed about . . .
What I want you to know about talking about suicide
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 The Advicist. Photo by: Ben White Suicide isn't something most of us want to think about, let alone talk about. I get that. I used to be the same. But . . .
What I want you to know about when murder enters your life story
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 Annie Sprat I dreamt about my little brother last night. I don’t remember much about the dream but he looked as he . . .
What I want you to know about working opposite shifts from your spouse
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 Abigail Esguerra. Photo by: Clem Onojeghuo I married a man in the restaurant business with eyes wide open. I knew nights and weekends are when the money . . .
What I want you to know about finding joy
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 Taylor K. Arthur. Photo by: Chungkuk Bae "You have turned my mourning into dancing; you have taken my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, so that my . . .
What I want you to know about being a pediatric resident
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 Katie Lockwood, MD. Photo by: Piron Guillaume We are real doctors. So we don’t appreciate it when you ask for the real doctor. Or when you ask how long we have been practicing or . . .
What I want you to know about living with the stigma of being on government assistance
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: Clark Young "My husband and I are well educated. We were both raised in middle class families with strong . . .
What I want you to know about helping my son find purpose and an identity beyond the word “adopted”
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 Julie Barclay. Photo by: Igor Ovsyannykov "Looking back, I shake my head on how much I didn’t get when we added a six year old boy from Ethiopia to our . . .
What I want you to know about being the “other woman”
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 Grace. Photo by: Julia Caesar There are so many things I want you to know…but I’ve learned from experience that people simply don’t care. It doesn’t . . .
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