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Ask Amy: Siblings estranged from mom want no contact

Amy Dickinson, Tribune Content Agency on

Word your notification carefully and lovingly, thank people for hanging in there through the ups and downs of your planning, invite people to call you if they have questions, and – move on with your married life.

Dear Amy: Your recent response to “Yikes” really made me smile – especially this sentence: “Barroom epiphanies can be extremely powerful, but the point of enlightenment is not to waste time beating up on yourself, but to take the insight and the wisdom forward …”

“Barroom epiphanies!” Where’d you get that phrase?

– A Fan

Dear Fan: I’ve had my share of barroom epiphanies. The point is not to waste these moments of insight, even after you sober up.

 

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