Dear Judy,
I have a first cousin who died of AIDS complications in March. I thought he was terrific: a talented musician, really great sense of humor. He died too young (48) and without much support from his immediate family.
The problem is my mother’s sister (his mother) and her second husband — even my mother: they’ve told [...]
Dear Judy,
I really felt vindicated yesterday when I saw how you replied to an email from a reader who was against burying a terminally ill gay friend in the family vault.
I’m openly gay, and so is my best friend. Like the guy you wrote about yesterday, he too has HIV/AIDS, only his partner left him, and he’s [...]
Dear Judy,
My 37-year-old son says I should listen to you, which is why I’m writing. He is our only son and he is gay. For the last decade he’s been living with the man he calls his “partner.” This partner is 49, and fooled around a lot with a lot of men, mostly before he [...]
Dear Judy,
A few weeks ago, a good friend and co-worker died of malignant melanoma. In fact my only good friend at the company where I work.
I didn’t visit her in her last months for a lot of reasons, the most important being she was constantly in and out of the in-patient unit of our local hospice, [...]
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Posted on January 24th, 2009