Q. This may sound like a trivial problem, and I know it is, in the scheme of things, but I am still stressed about it. I went to get my hair done for the Christmas formal. I had pics of the way I wanted it to look, but when it was finished, it didn’t look anything like what I wanted. I paid ...
Q. I don’t have a question this time. I just wanted to report back. I wrote to you about my family fighting, and you answered me in your column. I showed the column to my parents, like you suggested. A miracle happened. They got all weird, kind of embarrassed. They asked me if I told you my ...
This column continues a 20-year-old tradition: I ask young people to share what they’re grateful for each Thanksgiving. It is humbling to know at least two generations of teens were part of these columns! I find this year’s comments especially thoughtful. To the young people in our ...
Q. I used to love Thanksgiving. I love the food (well, not the cranberry sauce, but everything else), and I love my family getting together. Maybe I should say I LOVED my family getting together. Ever since last year’s elections, it’s like they hate each other. My mom won’t talk with her ...
Q. I never thought this would happen to me, but could I be experiencing depression? I’m a first-year college student and I thought I’d be happy at this point in my life. I’m at a college I selected carefully. I like most of my classes, I’ve made some friends. I feel like I’m managing ...
Here are some responses to my Oct. 9 column on suicide: Q. Thank you for your wise words on suicide. I lost my brother that way when I was a teen. I’m in my 60s and I feel I’ve never really gotten over it. I’ve lived my life, married, had babies, now I’m a grandma to three, and it ...
