Martin said: 'My step mother joined us in 1986 when I was 14. The stereotype wasn't the issue. The issue was I was having a step-mother joining me when I was still in terrible grief at the loss of ...

I'm a single man with now siblings who was always close to my parents. I lost one eight months ago and the other is terminal ...

On March 31, 2010, Amy and Ed McNicholas’ 14-year-old, music-loving son John — an “old soul” who played baseball and football — was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. When John ...

In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas shares responses from readers who offer advice for mothers grieving their child's death.

“The issue was, I had a stepmother joining me when I was still in terrible grief of the loss of my mother. “My stepmother did everything right. There is nothing she could've done that would've ...

Running has become my form of survival, writes. It’s a space where I can feel my mother’s presence, where I can process my grief step by step. But more than anything, it has taught me that resilience ...

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA ...

Dear Abby: I am a single man with no siblings. My elderly father passed away eight months ago. My mother is now in hospice with a life expectancy of weeks to months. My parents have lived long and ...

The cause of death, according to the autopsy ... “We went the next day. They wanted my youngest sister, because her and Shanice has the same mom and dad, and then they wanted her son.