Dear Readers: Today, Earth Day, is a time for reflection on and gratitude for our beautiful planet. If you are looking for some ways to show your appreciation with time or money, below is a list of organizations devoted to environmental sustainability.
I have a question about etiquette in our technological age.
Dear Annie: I have read your column for a long time now, and I always find that you give good advice and wisdom. I've been married for seven years and just recently became separated because my husband would rather be a playboy than a stable and reliable man.
In 1999, in Littleton Colorado, Columbine High School, two high school boys came to school one morning and shot and killed 12 of their classmates and a teacher, and wounded many more… and the darkness spread. In 2001, in New York City, terrorists hijacked two commercial airliners and flew them into the World Trade Center towers causing them to collapse, killing around 3,000 people… and the darkness spread. In 2007, at Virginia Tech., one college man walked into a dormitory and a classroom building and shot and killed 32 of his classmates and wounded many more… and the darkness spread. (Wait, this is an Easter reflection?)
Dear Annie: I grew up in an extremely abusive household with a functioning (mean, abusive) alcoholic for a mother. Because of the poor examples I had as a child, I ended up becoming a functioning addict in an abusive relationship of my own. Over the years, I found my way into recovery and therapy, which led to me making some drastic changes in myself. I'm now in a healthy relationship and have turned my life around. I have forgiven people who have never asked for, nor deserved, my forgiveness; I had to in order to heal.
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