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SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2025 DEAR ABBY: I’m 29 and in a 10-year relationship with my boyfriend, “Justin.” Things have been rocky since his business went under last year. For months, I have been working 10 shifts a week at two jobs to cover our bills, including a mortgage.

FRIDAY, JULY 11, 2025 DEAR ABBY: I have suspected for many years that my son is gay. I don’t understand why he would feel he can’t talk to me about his relationships. I would love him regardless.

THURSDAY, JULY 10, 2025 DEAR ABBY: I have been seeing my partner, “Gil,” for five years. After my husband passed, Gil came into my life again. We had been colleagues about 10 years prior. We always had a spark but never acted on it, as I was deeply committed to my late husband.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2025 DEARABBY: I am 57 and have been married for 32 years to my husband, who retired from his full-time job last year. I still work full time.

TUESDAY, JULY 8, 2025 DEAR ABBY: I live five hours away from my hometown. My mom is 98 and in assisted living there. In recent years, my younger sister has become cruel to our mom and is trying to take advantage of her.

DEAR ABBY: I recently received a voicemail from my brother that recorded a conversation he was having with his wife. It was clear he didn’t know he had accidentally dialed my phone during this conversation.

When I can’t be the one… As I drove past the downtrodden woman walking the sidewalk with head hung down, I sensed a sad, hopeless being. I prayed a little prayer that the Lord would bless her some way, somehow.

Quote; “I have been accused of being too hard on my sons. I totally disagree. Undisciplined boys become undisciplined men. Undisciplined men are found in prisons, hospitals and graveyards.” – Steve Harvey; comedian, author, actor, and television host. You’ve been around them, we all have.

By Ty B. Kerley Continuing the discussion from last week on inspiration, biblical scholar Matthew Barrett warns, “If we reject inspiration, we are rejecting the Bible’s testimony concerning itself. . . . it is difficult to ignore the evidence that the Bible does affirm its own inspiration.

THURSDAY, JULY 3, 2025 DEAR ABBY: The grocery store a mile from our house has recently gone through a major expansion and upgrade. I have shopped there my entire life. The store has two points of ingress and egress. I have always entered through the door most convenient for me.