Opinions

DEAR ABBY: I moved 2,000 miles to be near my daughter and her family. One of my granddaughters, “Libby,” was diagnosed with a medical condition and has put on some weight. I was at my daughter’s and was going to mention my concern for my granddaughter’s weight.

Over the last several articles, we have compared the Christian worldview with materialism.

Still getting the points across in Chapter of 17 of Proverbs, the Living Bible version seems a little more colorful, so I’m using this version today as I continue with wisdom from the book of Proverbs in the Old Testament. My few words are added in parenthesis.

You were born, and you will die. That sentence is just plain, bare fact. And everything that you’ve done in between those two momentous dates have come together to create your life.

DEAR ABBY: I am a 79-year-old woman who, over time, has suffered the loss of several family members. Now I’m facing the worst loss imaginable. A year ago, my 24-yearold grandson “Rafe” cut himself off from his father and from me.

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been together for 16 years, married for 14. I was injured in a bad car wreck 12 years ago, and I stockpiled the leftover pain medicine. We scheduled a cruise nine years ago, and I was going to take a few with me just in case.

DEAR ABBY: I’m a senior woman who has been dating someone for three years. He is my age. I recently learned he has been cheating on me with a much younger woman with three kids. We are sexually active and enjoy each other very much, or at least I thought so. She knows about me.

DEAR ABBY: My wife and I have been married for 20 years. She’s an academic, and we’ve lived a transient lifestyle to accommodate her career. She had a greater professional vision than I ever did, so I opted to stay at home and raise the children. I became Mr. Mom at great social cost.

DEAR ABBY: I am a retired executive chef, divorced for many years with three adult children. My son was also an executive chef, but no longer. He is a mean alcoholic. He stays drunk when not at his job, and he says cruel and nasty things to all family members.

In the last few articles, we have been comparing the Christian worldview to materialism— the belief that there is no supernatural realm or Divine Being and that nothing exists beyond atoms and molecules.