Dear Judy,
I feel so terrible, I don’t know where to turn. My friend of 10 years (we live together) has Stage III prostate cancer, which has spread. I know he will die. But I also know I wish he would die now.
Obviously, I’ve never shared any of this with him or anyone. It makes me [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Dear Judy,
My 82-year-old mother has COPD, stage 3 kidney disease, and a 50 percent blockage of her coronary arteries. She is in her right mind.
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 [...]
Dear Judy,
My friend’s husband recently died of cancer. During his illness, he made her his Power of Attorney as well as executor of his Will.
An insurance check came in after his death made out to both of them and her bank will not cash it! She will also get an income tax refund after a [...]
Dear Judy,
My sister believes in Heaven and Hell. I do not. She mainly believes our older brother who died at 38 will be going to Hell. I won’t go into all the reasons. There are too many. Mainly she didn’t like the fact that he was gay, and also a gambler.
Now that he’s dead that’s [...]
Dear Judy,
I am 17. My father just died a month ago: he had heart disease, diabetes and it all just got worse.
My problem is not only that my father died, but that my mother can’t stop bad-mouthing him even now that he’s dead. How can I tell her to stop? They weren’t living together when [...]
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Posted on January 24th, 2009