Jeanne Phillips

Jeanne Phillips

LATEST STORIES BY JEANNE PHILLIPS

 

DEAR ABBY: A poem of forgiveness continues to resonate

DEAR ABBY: While doing some house cleaning, I came across a column of yours that I had clipped and tucked away. On one of the pages I had dog-eared was the poem, “Decide to Forgive.” I was struck by how timely it is. The message is much needed at this time. I believe in “doing unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Please reprint the poem because, to me, it’s a treasure. — JOANNE IN DELAWARE

March 12, 2025 Relationships
A reader treasures a poem written by Robert Muller.

DEAR ABBY: Wife of alcoholic is ready to throw in the towel

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 behaviour emotionally abusive. I hate my home. My kids (22, 19 and 17) don’t want me to leave him. I live in my bedroom all day by myself except to go to work. He now says he wants to take a pill to stop drinking. It’s just another lie. He will never do it. I am a shell of a woman at 56 and want to end it all. I am so miserable I can’t do another year of this. — CAN’T GO ON LIKE THIS

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March 11, 2025 Relationships
A wife wants to leave her alcoholic husband.

DEAR ABBY: Daughter’s gravestone damaged by relative’s decoration

DEAR ABBY: We lost our 16-year-old daughter two years ago to leukemia. It’s been a difficult two years. I am writing to ask if there are rules of etiquette for visiting a loved one at the cemetery? We go regularly. I decorate the area in front of her stone with holiday or seasonally appropriate decorations. Other family members and friends visit as well, and most leave little trinkets or fresh flowers that I pick up and throw away when they wither, or bring home and put in our daughter’s room.

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March 9, 2025 Relationships
A reader asks if there are rules of etiquette for visiting a loved one at the cemetery.

DEAR ABBY: Mental health struggles take a toll on long marriage

DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 47 years. My wife has suffered from mental illness for more than half our marriage. Two years ago, she went off her medication, became manic for 10 months and was hospitalized four times. A few months later, it was discovered she had breast cancer. Fortunately, it was detected early. After surgery and radiation, she is cancer-free. I stuck with her through all that.

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March 7, 2025 Relationships
A husband who stuck by his wife during her mental health struggles is considering getting a divorce.
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