Q.My mom told me to write to you. She said you taught her when she was my age and you helped her. She also said I’m stubborn and maybe I’ll listen to you. Here goes. I got my period a year ago. It’s always messed up. Sometimes it’s regular and other times I’m two or three weeks late. ...
Q.My boyfriend leaves for college out of state in a month. I’m a senior in high school. My mom says we should break up now because we’ll never make it. My boyfriend says he’s not interested in anyone else. Neither am I. What do you ...
Q.Tell me about Lyme disease. I’m spending the summer with my gram. She nags me about it every day. Something about ticks. You may ask why I didn’t just Google about it. Because we’re in the middle of nowhere, that’s why! You can’t get a signal out here to save your soul! That’s why ...
It’s a holiday week. My concerns about distracted driving led me to seek a column in my archives addressing this important topic. I updated this column from 2010 to conform to current statistics and laws; I hope these words encourage safe driving.Q.My boyfriend texts while he drives and that ...
Q.How do you know when you’re in love? My mom hasn’t had a very good time of it. First, she divorced my dad and then she remarried, and that guy left her. Then she had a boyfriend who cheated on her. Then she broke up with her next boyfriend. What if I never figure out love? How long before ...
Q. There’s nice guy in my school who is different. My mom said he’s “on the spectrum.” I know he likes me. I talk to him, but I only want to be his friend. As school started to come to an end this year he got a little clingy. He didn’t do anything inappropriate or anything like that. ...
