DEAR ONLY: Please accept my sympathy for the loss of your partner. You stated that his death was recent and traumatic.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

DEAR DAUGHTER: Your only responsibility is to remind your mother of the truth. When it was time to establish a relationship ...

For reasons I could never understand, she didn’t enjoy my children when they were growing up and didn’t connect deeply with ...