My mother passed away at only 62 years of age after a 15 month battle with Lou Gehrig's Disease. It was horrible watching my independent, loving mother become more and more dependent... More >>

Growing up, I longed for a good mother-daughter relationship, but it never happened. More >>

When I was growing up, my parents went to work, watched TV, and slept. If we interfered with any of that they'd yell. So my grandmother raised me. More >>

I got thinking about when was the best age in my life. I looked back on the last 50 years... Some days I wish I was back at the age of 10, playing and swimming all summer... Then I thought, no... More >>

It seems that more than half the time, lately, you've been helping callers realize that the ultimate cause of their problems is the arrogant assumption that they're entitled to tomorrow. The first time I realized this was a few years ago, when you read a touching email about a mother who cherished the few years she had with her daughter, before losing her, unexpectedly, at the age of three. More >>

...Thirteen years ago, while commuting 8 months pregnant, a woman called your show complaining her mother spoils her grandchildren with too much candy, too many toys. You looked at her, as only you can do through the radio waves and said "Oh, stop whining. Your mom won't be around forever. What memories do you think your kids will have of their grandma? More >>

I am a 71 year old "soon to be great-grandmother". I have 2 "chosen children" - 48 and 45, and two grandchildren - who are more "children" than grandchildren, as I had custody of them most of their life.  I listen to you several days a week as I'm driving home from my "job" as an "in-home care provider". I just want to thank you for your common sense approach to life - my daughter thinks you're MEAN (but at 45, she's on her 5th husband, has had numerous jobs and EVERYONE is "mean to her"). More >>