Opinions

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 2025 DEAR ABBY: A few months ago, I found out my adult child is transgender. Nobody knows yet except for me, my husband and my other child. Until this year, I have always worked in a very caring, loving and supportive environment.

TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 2025 DEAR ABBY: I’m blessed at 38 to have my first and likely only grandbaby. She’s PERFECT. My daughter, “Robin,” is stressed. She’s left alone with the baby all day, every day while her partner works. Robin sleeps only when he’s home. I understand her frustration.

In response to the May 28th letter to the editor by Matilda K. Williams: I’ve been rather busy and just got around to reading papers from the last two weeks and I feel it is necessary to respond. 1. The “young father, Abrego Garcia” is a citizen of El Salvador, in the USA illegally.

SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 2025 DEAR ABBY: My husband’s stepmother passed recently after a long illness, and her children specifically wanted our family, including our 2-year-old, to be at her service.

Every time I hear the word wind, I think of my younger years, growing up in Texas and Oklahoma where I loves being outdoors. I remember when the wind would start blowing, I’d just close my eyes, feeling the forces of Nature on my face.

If the adult version of you originated in a home that consisted of one child, that shaped you. You very likely grew up having no real concept of ‘sharing-because- you-have-to.’ Two in one bedroom, and having to learn to accept your different preferences? Probably inconceivable.

In the winter of 1947, a young shepherd discovered a cave containing clay jars filled with ancient scrolled manuscripts. It turns out that what he had found was one of eleven caves used as an ancient library by the Jewish sect known as the Essenes.

DEAR ABBY: I am struggling with a recent diagnosis of severe liver disease (non-alcoholic) and need to lose 30 pounds. I have had two bouts of cancer in five years as well as arthritis.

THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2025 DEAR ABBY: My son is a loving husband, father and son. He coaches his 12-year-old son, my grandson, in various sports and sometimes is just a spectator. I’m worried because he often berates his son’s playing ability.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 2025 DEAR ABBY: We recently suffered the loss of our first grandchild. She was only 24 and taken far too soon. My partner and I are working through our grief, which is challenging as we are in different stages. He also struggles with multiple mental health issues.