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    Posted on March 10th, 2010

    Written by Judy

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    Dear Judy,
    4 years ago my husband died in a car crash, head-on. We have 2 children, and at the time of my husband’s death they were 5 and 2.
    My in-laws have been terrific. Very supportive, kind, and generous, and I really appreciated that, and still do. They still babysit whenever I have class (I am [...]

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    Posted on March 9th, 2010

    Written by Judy

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    Dear Judy,
    My sister died last year of ovarian cancer. Practically a year to the day her husband, whom I’ve always liked and thought the world of, married a new wife.
    I did some mental calculations and figured out they must have been “dating” while my sister was sick with cancer. Because there have been references from [...]

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    Posted on March 8th, 2010

    Written by Judy

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    Dear Judy,
    I am newly married and have a 15-year-old stepdaughter. Her biological father is dying of lung and colon cancer.
    I want to comfort both my stepdaughter and my wife. My stepdaughter feels her father no longer cares about her, and about a year ago told her Mom, “I wish he would die.”  Then 2 weeks [...]

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    Posted on March 5th, 2010

    Written by Judy

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    He Married a Person Totally Unlike My Mother!

    Dear Judy,
    I am 31. My mother died 4 years ago at age 60, and it came as a surprise even though she’d had health problems including breast cancer. We thought that was over. It wasn’t.
    A year ago, just 3 years after my mother’s death, my father remarried, and I am really upset. Not because he [...]

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    Posted on March 4th, 2010

    Written by Judy

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    Dear Judy,
    My friend is dying of esophogeal cancer. I visit, call on the phone, bring food to her spouse.
    I feel guilty because I feel like I should go see her more often (she lives an hour away). I am going tomorrow.
    I truly don’t know what to say any more. She can barely talk. She is [...]

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    Posted on March 3rd, 2010

    Written by Judy

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    5 years ago she signed a medical power of attorney, naming me as her health agent. Around the same time, she signed a living will, asking that all artificial nourishment be [...]

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