• Advice

    Posted on December 15th, 2008

    Written by Judy

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    A Child’s Leukemia — a Family in Denial

    Dear Judy,
    I don’t know if this is meddling or not. My niece, who was just 8, died of leukemia 2 months ago. Last Monday, I visited my sister, as I do every week, just to talk and have coffee. After a few minutes she said, “I have a new study.”
    When I looked at her, incomprehending, [...]

  • Advice

    Posted on September 8th, 2008

    Written by Judy

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    How Do I Stop the Widow from Grieving?

    Dear Judy,
    The husband of my best friend died exactly as he lived: in the bed of a much younger woman. It’s okay with me that she hasn’t told either her kids or the rest of us the circumstances — most of us know anyway because he wasn’t exactly discreet about his little “friends.”
    But the thing is, [...]

  • Advice

    Posted on August 5th, 2008

    Written by Judy

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    Cheap and Grieving

    Dear Judy,
    This may sound like a ridiculous or maybe petty problem to you, considering the rest of what I’m about to describe, but to me it’s not. My friend, who has always had a difficult relationship with her mother, begged me to accompany her on a recent visit — her mother, whom I’ve know since childhood, is dying of [...]