Husband loses wife to Snapchatting soulmate
-- Wondering
Dear Wondering: The only misstep I could imagine would be you throwing yourself at this new widower.
But you are not going to do that. You need only contact him to say, "I'm so sorry I wasn't able to attend the gathering after "Jill's" service. How are you doing?"
Reach out in friendship, and follow his cues.
Dear Amy: Thank you for your compassion regarding the challenging 10-year-old daughter, "Tally," whose "Befuddled Mom" wrote to you. I especially appreciated that you suggested music and theater -- both as outlets and as communities for this child.
-- Appreciative
Dear Appreciative: I was active in sports as well as music and theater in my (very) small school; and later also in college. Sports always fulfilled an important need (for me), but music and theater always felt like family.
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