New Year’s resolutions set examples all year long
Dear Readers:
Rise and shine, everyone! Welcome to a brand-new year. Today is our chance for a new beginning, the day we discard destructive habits for healthy new ones. With that in mind, I’m printing Dear Abby’s oft-requested list of New Year’s resolutions — adapted by my mother from the original credo of Al-Anon.
By Abby , January 01, 2009
DEAR ABBY: Mom wary of neighbor boy with loud potty mouth
Dear Abby: Two years ago, a couple built a home on the lot next to ours. From the time they moved in, we have been concerned about their 11-year-old son’s anti-social behavior.
December 29, 2008
SAM COOK: Sad news makes love of life more poignant
The word came down three days before Christmas. It came from the siblings gathered 650 miles away. It was the call you know can come at any time, and yet you still are never ready for it. Mom. Cancer.
By Sam Cook , December 26, 2008
Dear Abby: Wife’s casual work ethic angers diligent husband
I work 5½ days a week (46 hours) with no benefits. I can’t afford to miss a day because, on the rare occasion that I must, I don’t get paid.
My wife, “Kelly,” misses work frequently because she is “sick,” “tired,” etc. She is in the same boat as I am — no work, no pay. Kelly knows how tight finances are and how much I hate having to work almost six days with no time off. But she still misses work and treats it like it’s no big deal. She says she understands our situation.
December 22, 2008
Following family tradition
Traditions — they’re what family get-togethers are made of and the reason we spend hours putting every ornament in the bin onto an already over-adorned Christmas tree. Here are several stories submitted by readers about their holiday traditions. Maybe their stories will give you ideas on how to start your own tradition or how to tweak the one you have. Maybe they’ll just remind you of traditions from your childhood. Either way, we hope you enjoy them. Happy holidays, everyone!
December 21, 2008
Hermantown assisted living center mixed up deaths
A Hermantown assisted living center incorrectly told the family of a woman who was still alive that she had died, and didn’t correct the error until later that day.
By Brandon Stahl , December 12, 2008
Dear Abby
Dear Abby:
My beautiful, loving mother is now in the middle stages of Alzheimer’s disease. This cruel disease has robbed her of her memories as well as the ability to reason and function.
November 10, 2008
