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How Cemeteries Get Creative to Survive in Their Role of Caring for the Dead Oct. 29, 2021
As a teenager, I frequently walked to St. Stephen Cemetery after school to sit by my mom's headstone... Read More
October 25, 2021 Oct. 25, 2021
Dear Annie: I am a 15-year-old girl. Last weekend, I went on my third date with my boyfriend, "Shawn... Read More
Love Never Dies Oct. 23, 2021
Dear Readers: Thank you for your heartfelt and humbling responses to Second Wife, who is bothered th... Read More
Offer a Helping Hand to Spend Time With Daughter Oct. 18, 2021
Dear Annie: I am a 72-year-old woman who used to live with my daughter and her family. I moved out l... Read More
October 13, 2021 Oct. 13, 2021
Dear Annie: We have not seen our adult daughter in over two years. She cut off all ties with her ent... Read More
Teaching Kids to Feel It All Oct. 12, 2021
Dear Annie: I enjoy reading your column in the Indianapolis Star. Today, I read the column, "How Do ... Read More
October 4, 2021 Oct. 04, 2021
Dear Annie: Since my grandpa died last year, Grandma enjoys having others take care of her. She is q... Read More
Don't Forget About Your Finances Oct. 04, 2021
Dear Annie: My sister and I have an older brother. We had a falling out with him several years ago a... Read More
Easing an Earworm Sep. 25, 2021
Dear Annie: I was married 45-plus years when my husband passed away. After being alone for a few yea... Read More
How Do I Tell My Kids Our Dog Died? Sep. 19, 2021
Dear Annie: One of our two sweet dogs died recently. Do you have any suggestions for how to explain ... Read More
Some Lessons From 9/11 Seem Hard for Us To Remember Sep. 17, 2021
With lessons learned from 9/11 so widely, recently and painfully recounted, the story of suffering a... Read More
From All-Knowing To Questioning It All Sep. 12, 2021
My kids enjoy having a hand in decorating our home. What that means is that scraps of cardboard beco... Read More
Anxiety After Loss Sep. 06, 2021
Dear Annie: My husband passed away in April after suffering for many years from chronic obstructive ... Read More
The Black Hole of Death Threatens Us All. But What Comes Next Is Important, Too Aug. 28, 2021
Read this column in its entirety on ChicagoTribune.com. I was making dinner when I heard t... Read More
Husband Has a Wandering Eye Aug. 26, 2021
Dear Annie: I cannot believe I am asking for advice. Here goes! My mom, with whom I was very close, ... Read More
Is It Reasonable to Expect an Apology? Aug. 20, 2021
Dear Annie: After my mother died, my father married a woman he found online. She only visited us onc... Read More
How Can I Help My Neighbor? Aug. 13, 2021
Dear Annie: I have a neighbor who is 90 years old. Her only caregiver was her adult son, who just di... Read More
So Long, Low Price Aug. 06, 2021
His name was Leonard Kaplan, and he died a week ago at the age of 91 in Alpharetta, Georgia, far fro... Read More
How To Handle Social Security Affairs When Someone Dies Aug. 04, 2021
I wrote a column about a year ago based on an email from an 85-year-old woman whose husband of 60 ye... Read More
August 2, 2021 Aug. 02, 2021
Dear Annie: I have a toddler grandson (18 months old), and his mother leaves him alone in the bathtu... Read More
