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TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2024 DEAR ABBY: My father has depended on my mother (and me) for money for as long as I can remember. It wasn’t because he was unable to work, but because he was lazy and had a drinking and gambling problem.

SUNDAY, JULY 14, 2024 DEAR ABBY: I’ve been having an issue lately involving my mother. It feels like she isn’t really my “mother” but someone who thinks we’re best friends. It’s like she never really grew out of her high school days -- and I’m almost 30.

Oh yeah, Brenna was furious! No doubt about that. Absolutely amazing how the very air around her sizzled, and at the same time, made every nearby feel like they had just stepped into a sub-Arctic meat freezer. The words blazing from her firepit- mouth could strip a rhino down to his thin underskin.

Writer, artist, storyteller, local resident, Cheryld Lynne Lucas, shares a part of the memories from a colorful life in Oregon: Standing at the bottom of an old road at the end of town reads a little sign, “Dole Road.

When it comes to religion, many on the left twist the principle of government neutrality into a doctrine of government suppression. The Oklahoma Supreme Court recently ruled the Catholic Church cannot operate a state charter school.

Last week we began to look at the research findings of two neuro-physicians who conducted extensive research studying the relationship between human consciousness and “the persistent particularly human longing to connect with something larger than ourselves.

FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2024 DEAR ABBY: I recently watched a video of the founder of Overeaters Anonymous, Rozanne S., telling the story of founding the program and her own struggles with food.

THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2024 DEAR ABBY: We invited a couple for a short visit to our remote country cabin. Afterward, I discovered a pair of pink panties lying on the road in front of our mailbox.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 2024 DEAR ABBY: My fiancee has a number of male friends she has known for years. One of them stops off at her work, brings food and gifts, and may go out with her after hours. Another called her one evening and invited her out for drinks to celebrate his promotion.

TUESDAY, JULY 9, 2024 DEAR ABBY: My sister has bullied and controlled me most of my life. She has said many very unkind things, and I have reached a place in my life where I need peace and distance from her. Because of this, I have blocked her from texting or calling me.