DEAR ABBY: I was deeply hurt after going to a barbecue at my oldest daughter’s home. It was to celebrate my granddaughter’s fourth birthday. My daughter’s husband is from Thailand. He barbecued beauti...

It was Christmas. The family had gathered. The presents had been opened and preparations for the big family dinner were underway. We had planned a simple worship time at the church for that morning, f...

DEAR ABBY: I am a guy who is 27. I have always been somewhat shy and reserved, but I do like people and I like mixing. After more than a year of being “locked down” during the COVID-19 pandemic, altho...

Who on earth wants to enter a profession or trade they will come to hate? Training for a life as a bull rider when you are wired to work with spread sheets for an accounting firm is a path that just m...

Fall is just around the corner and the days will soon be cooling down. Fingers crossed because it’s supposed to happen next week! YAY! People walking by the windows of our downtown office will go from...