The writer poses with her dog, Zoe. August McLaughlin When I met Zoe, an 85-pound, deaf American bulldog with different colored eyes, I knew she was my companion. Seeing her pumpkin-shaped head in my ...

DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend embarrassed me when he told me to apologize to a woman standing behind him in line at the market. He was about to pay for the groceries when I said I’d run to get an item I had ...

Dear Eric: I have two children from a previous relationship, and I am in a new relationship of five years. My 11-year-old son isn’t the most masculine fella or sporty fella, and he has trouble making ...