September 2022

Often a photograph will pop up on my phone, showing me a memory. Sometimes I must put on my glasses and examine the picture to recall where, when, and with whom I was doing what. Other times, I can see the outline and know the exact moment. Today, the picture delivered to my phone transported me beyond memory and straight to the moment that occurred almost 10 years ago with my daughter.

Dear Abby: About a year ago, I started a long-distance relationship with a widower. His wife died four years ago. He told me he slept on the couch a long time and got very little sleep after her death, because he couldn’t stand sleeping alone. He has two dogs and had

Dear Dr. Roach: What causes a sudden feeling of being nervous and having your chest beat hard and restless? One time, I ran to the hospital because I thought I was having a heart attack, but all test results came back normal, including my electrocardiogram, hormone level, potassium, complete blood count, cholesterol, uric acid, liver, blood pressure and pulse rate tests.