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ies 10 - The Elk City News February 24, 2024 Grieving Mother Believes Her RIPLEY'S Believe It or Not! Siblings Let Her Down Byrrer savine cor ner DREAM WEDDING FOR TWO DECADES WITHOUT SUCCESSFULLY FINDING A Dear Abby words of comfort. -- SADDER THAN SAD IN MICHIGAN tion. It doesn’t matter if I'm talking about the weather or LIFE PARTNER, SARAK WILKINSON oF THE U.K. DEAR ABBY: My beautiful something I think is important MARRIED HERSELF IN A POSH DEAR SADDER: Please ac- — she interrupts me in mid- CEREMONY IN ZOZBS. adopted son, “Allen,” age 32, cept my deepest sympathy sentence and announces she es took his life six months ago. for the loss of your son. Your has to go, for whatever reason. He had struggled with mental family may not have included illness his entire adult life. He'd him because they didn’t un- She has done this for years, but had a close relationship with derstand his mental illness and lately it’s gotten worse. his cousin -- in fact, the boys felt ill-equipped to cope with She's in a new marriage, and were inseparable. But when Al- it. This is not to excuse the we rarely talk anymore. But len started smoking tobacco at fact that they distanced them- when we do, it’s a given that as Ow ANCIENT ROME, MARRIED COUPLES 13, my sister would no longer selves, but rather to try to ex- soon as I get into talking, she WHO WANTED A DIVORCE SIMPLY HAD allow him around her son, even plain why they may have kept “TO ANNOUNCE THEIR SEPARATION has to go. I never do that to 1 IN FRONT OF A GROUP OF though her husband smoked. him at arm's length. her. I listen patiently and qui- SEVEN WITNESSES, Allen was devastated. There is support available etly while she tells me about My younger brother has a big for you in the absence of theirs her life. Should I just forget cabin and hosts annual deer s0 you won't feel so alone. The hunting events. I approached American Foundation for Sui- about our friendship and stop him several times to ask if Al- cide Prevention could enable answering her calls? Telling len could be invited to the hunt you to find a grief support her will only make her mad to or just be invited to the north- group near you. To find one, the point that she won't talk Tori Linveay em woods for fun. His answer visit afsp.org. Another terrific to me anymore anyway. ~ CUT AND Nick BRENDEL 9 Cot MARRIED AT THE was always “Not this time.” organization is the National OFF IN KENTUCKY NASCAR Cur My husband died 11 years Alliance on Mental Illness Series PLAvorrs | ago. Coming from a big fam- (NAMI). Visit nami.org and DEAR CUT OFF: If telling RACE AT LAS Vecas ily, I thought Id get some help you will find a wealth of re- this friend how her behavior Motor SPEEDWAY IN from them. Quite the opposite. sources for families like yours. affects you will drive her away, &IO-SECOND PIT-STOP Today, I'm left with bitter feel- PLEASE don’t wait. for UFS. www.gocomics.com wi. ipleys.com WEDDING! | ings toward my family. I know you should definitely tell her Cll never get over these losses DEAR ABBY: I have a friend how you feel. If, after that, she or the feeling that the rejection T've known for 30 years. We runs in the opposite direction, from my siblings was part of Al- have shared many good times it will indicate that your rela- len’s depression. 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