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Dear Abby, We are happy to help our neighbor with minor repairs around the house, but we do not want to have dinner with her.


Dear Abby, We are happy to help our neighbor with minor repairs around the house, but we do not want to have dinner with her.

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I moved to a neighborhood a few years ago where most of the residents are our age, and we have become friends with the widow next door. My husband and I help her with any minor household problems and light yard work. We enjoy doing this. She and I also […]

Dear Abby, I don’t think I need to explain to strangers why I use a wheelchair.


Dear Abby, I don’t think I need to explain to strangers why I use a wheelchair.

DEAR ABBY: I am a woman in my 40s who has recently become disabled. I use a wheelchair. Some days my body works, others it doesn’t. But if I walk a long distance, I get seizures. To anyone not close to me, I look pretty healthy, but I’m not. About a year after I became […]