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There’s nothing quite like visiting your grown child and seeing the world they’ve built. I just returned from a wonderful trip to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where I spent a week with my son, Clay.

Sick and tired of trying to teach little Johnny how to be potty trained, instead of leaving a tell-tale path of stain everywhere he goes? Exhausted from the constant battle to teach your two little warrior-siblings to learn to love each other and not try to kill each other every day?

FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 2025 DEAR ABBY: I live in a very small town. My husband died a year ago and, since then, I have felt like some of these people are angry with me. Six months after he died, I had what my therapist called a “nervous breakdown.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2025 DEAR ABBY: I’m a 48-year-old woman. When I was 17, I hooked up with this guy who was part of my friend group. I knew he had a crush on me, so I decided to have sex with him in his car. It meant nothing to me, but everything to him.

TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2025 DEAR ABBY: I am a mother of three girls, 25, 21 and about to be 15. My youngest has always lived with me. Her father and I separated when she was 1. They always had a good relationship.

SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2025 DEAR ABBY: I am a woman in my mid-20s who has had only abusive, toxic and horrendous relationships after entering adulthood. Since high school, I have spent years trying to find a “good guy” who will treat me with respect and love me unconditionally.

I am writing this while on vacation in Fort Lauderdale, FL, visiting my son, Clay. He moved to Fort Lauderdale from Sarasota, FL, a little over a year ago when he accepted a job with the Professional Bull Riders organization.

Attorney General Gentner Drummond said Wednesday he is grateful the U.S. Supreme Court agreed that he is able challenge the EPA’s rejection of Oklahoma’s “Good Neighbor” state implementation plan at the Tenth Circuit, not the D.C. Circuit.

That would definitely be wonderful, wouldn’t it? To have total amnesia regarding the awful things you have said or done in your past. To not remember the hurt you have caused, and the shame you have brought on yourself.

FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2025 DEAR ABBY: I am twice divorced and recently celebrated my 61st birthday. I look pretty fantastic, and I’m in great health. My husbands were really great guys, and I have maintained positive relationships with both.