I Feared My Daughter Loved Her Toys Too Much. When Tragedy Struck, The Truth Became Clear.

Emily McCombs is the Deputy Editor of HuffPost Personal. She writes and edits first-person essays in all topic areas including identity (race, gender, sexuality, etc.), love and relationships, sex, ...

"In the end, for all my efforts to protect Emma from others, I couldn’t protect her from herself, from her own body waging war against itself." "While millions of people have lamented the lack of hugs ...