If you’ve ever misplaced your keys, needed a bandaid, felt lost in life, or just needed someone to look you in the eye and say, “You’ve got this,” there’s a good chance that person was a woman. And, i...

When I was in my junior or senior year in high school, our family made a trip from California to Oklahoma for Christmas and New Year’s. The youth group at the church my sister attended had a retreat p...

With the launch of this column last week, we officially set sail on a grand and far-reaching journey that will eventually take us from the uttermost reaches of the cosmos to the depths of human consci...

DEAR ABBY: My son just told me his daughter, age 26, is getting breast enhancement surgery. My question is, how do I address that when next I see her, probably in several months? It’s not like comment...

Irish pirates had kidnapped Patrick as his family was enjoying a holiday at the sea. He was just days away from celebrating his sixteenth birthday.* Appealing in prayer to heaven during his six years ...

DEAR ABBY: I’m 29, and my boyfriend is 36. We met on a dating site and were together for three years. He broke up with me two months ago because he didn’t think he could marry me. (We weren’t engaged....

As we approach the end of March, this week marks the second major in-session deadline for legislation at the Oklahoma Legislature. At the end of this week, all bills up for consideration in the house ...

It was traumatic. A gaggle of elementary children rushing toward a handful of their unsuspecting classmates - myself included. Their eyes flashed with fiendish glee - small hands stretching forward - ...

Brother Fred Mamaloff was an Alaskan Indian. His tribe, the Kenaitze, came from the Kenai Peninsula. Fred was an ordained pastor in our denomination. It seemed that Fred and I had paths that kept cros...

DEAR ABBY: My relationship with my partner hasn’t been the greatest, but we are both working on ourselves to become better partners. Recently, I found out he has been texting another female (flirting)...

Oklahoma received good news last week: the long-running Pinnacle Plan, a settlement agreement for the class action lawsuit filed against the Department of Human Services, was finalized. On May 5, 2009...

DEAR ABBY: My brother-in-law thinks he is good with his hands. He built a deck on the back of his house, and it’s obvious that he’s not a professional. My husband and I have never sat on his deck beca...

While growing up, we made many trips along the old Hwy 66 from California to Oklahoma and back again. Although the trips were tediously long for a young boy, they were also full of adventure. Wild lan...

DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 27 years. Most of them have been miserable. My husband has been a functioning alcoholic for more than 40 years. I consider his behavior emotionally abusive. I hate m...

Social media was abuzz a week ago as myriads of accolades found their way to devices of all kinds, lavishing praise upon a host of individuals - daughters, wives, mothers, grandmothers. A nonstop flow...

DEAR ABBY: My wife and I went for our annual checkups seven months ago. We were both overweight and told by our respective doctors that we needed to make some lifestyle changes to improve our health. ...

I want to extend my condolences to those families who were impacted by severe storms this past week. From reports that were aired, it sounds like many Oklahomans were lucky to get away with only prope...

While living in Brazil, we had groups that came down from the USA for work camps. These groups were very helpful in getting church buildings, schools, and homes for workers built. When they came, we a...

“Jerry, when are you going to stop apologizing for who you are not?” My periodic coffee meetings with Dave had spanned a couple years’ when he delivered the gutpunch question. Kind as he was, I had no...

DEAR ABBY: I am a 47-year-old woman who passes for early 30s. I understand that most women would pay money to look 15 years younger than their age, but people often make and voice assumptions about me...