• Advice

    Posted on April 19th, 2010

    Written by Judy

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    Failing Father — and My Failure?

    Dear Judy,
    My father is 86 and in failing health. He pops off incessantly to me about the past. Basically he just makes me feel like a failure.
    There are three girls and one boy in our family. And all he talks about is my brother. After all — and this is true — my brother is [...]

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    Posted on February 17th, 2010

    Written by Judy

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    Dad Not Dead: What Do I Say?

    Dear Judy,
    I bet you never had this question before. When I was four my father vanished. I was told he was dead by everyone. My mother, my aunts, even my older sister (she is really my half-sister, and she’s 12 years older than me).
    So now I’m 17, and come to find out my father is [...]

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    Posted on January 25th, 2010

    Written by Judy

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    Life After Death: A Quandary

    Dear Judy,
    Our family is having a huge argument, and I thought I’d write just for the helluvit, no pun intended. Our father, who is dying of congestive heart failure, diabetes and lots of other issues, insists there’s a life after death (or, as he would put it if he were healthy enough to write, a [...]

  • Advice

    Posted on May 21st, 2008

    Written by Judy

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    my father’s no longer talking to me

    Dear Judy,
        My father, who is 81, has congestive heart failure and is quite weak. His doctors (there are three of them!) tell me he isn’t going to be with us long, and I am devastated. Even worse –most of his life he was an exceptionally healthy guy: smart, funny, energetic and very loving. We had [...]