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Question Of The Week 7/27/08 |
Dear Holly,
My mother recently sold her retirement home that she had lived in for over 20 years so she would be closer to my sister and myself. Over the yeara she has been very independent and has chosen a really nice senior assisted living facility here. We just moved her in this week and her car had been shipped in just the day before and now she is appearing very "needy." It is as though she is not the person we just helped to pack up in Florida. What has happened?
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Question Of The Week 7/20/208 |
Dear Holly,
My husband is showing signs of "retirement," it gives me goosebumps to think about it. He wants to make all these changes in my life. I have no intention of changing, I like my life! How do I get him to have some perspective on this? He has indicated he is putting off retiring because of the stock market, but he will do it at some point.
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Question Of The Week 7/6/08 |
Dear Holly,
Within the next 6 months my husband will be retiring. He has been after me for over a year to have a garage sale. I finally started putting things in the garage and am set to have the sale in two weeks. Now I can't get him to put anything in it! He can't seem to part with anything. We plan on moving following his retirement and they don't have basements there. What do I do with him?
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Question Of The Week 6/29/08 |
Dear Holly,
I have taken several tours in the past with my husband, but he passed away last fall. I am ready to venture out and see some of that world again because I have loved to travel. I like the idea of finding a travel companion that really matches up with me. I really want to do tour travel though, can you help me with that too?
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Question Of The Week - 6/22/08 |
Dear Holly,
Last summer my 19 year old son was very excited about joining the Marines. His dad and I thought it would be a great idea since he had graduated from high school and was drifting around and not going to college. Shortly before he left, he met a girl and they had a whirlwind romance that lasted through basic training. We had invited her to come to his graduation. When he returned home for a short visit after bootcamp, he was back to his old ways. It seemed that the training had not changed anything about him. Three weeks ago, he just walked away from a leave and hopped the train back to our city. The Marines were calling, he was evasive and not telling us where he was, and his dad and I are beside ourselves. We don't even want to tell our family and friends he has done this. We are at a loss. Help!
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Question Of The Week - 6/15/08 |
Dear Holly,
I have a spouse who likes to do the jeckyll and hyde routine- Charming on the outside- abusive on the inside. I think it's used to control and intimidate. - What can I do to teach him that love is not control?
Leaving is not an option.
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6/08/08 Question Of The Week |
Dear Holly,
Within a year I will be retiring from my job and have always wanted to move to the water. Anywhere, with water. Actually, I was thinking of Florida or North Carolina as I have friends in both places. My kids are grown and have started their families. One lives close by and the other lives out of state. My parents live here and are doing well. I have a brother here in town and a sister in Alabama. When I told them my plans, they both couldn't believe I would leave my parents and not be here to take care of them.
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Weekly Question - 6/1/08 |
Dear Holly,
My job has taken me far from my family and have no one close by. Three weeks ago, I got the biopsy back and am facing a lumpectomy. My friends here are being wonderful, but I really could use someone to talk to that understood what I was going through.
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Me Angry? |
Dear Holly,
I have been divorced for nine years and my kids are out of the house. When I have started a relationship, it always ends over me being angry and them getting tired of it. I have apologized over and over, but I can't manage it and I would like to be in a relationship.
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Time I Don't Have |
Dear Holly,
I have been researching for a trip I want to take and have pages and pages of info. I think I have looked so much that it is hard to make a decision about how and where to go. I am going to use your service for a travel partner, but we would be wanting the best deal out there for our money. Any suggestions?
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