Q. I graduate soon. Is it normal to feel this sad? During the pandemic, all I could think of was finishing high school. I thought of school as drudgery, as something to endure. Since then, I found sports and theater, which is a bit of a contrast. I love both. I’m not going to play pro sports ...
Last week's column on miscarriage inspired responses. Here are two of the most poignant. A popular meme asks people to be kind because one never knows what another person is carrying. Losing a pregnancy is one example of an invisible grief/loss. A perinatal loss includes an early pregnancy ...
Q. I’m writing this to you on Mother’s Day because this day is so hard for me. Fifteen years ago, I was a pregnant 16-year-old. I remember telling you about the pregnancy before I even told my mom or my boyfriend. Then less than three weeks later I lost the baby. I remember your comfort. I ...
Q. 1: I liked your column about breakups, especially since I just went through one. I have a question for you. What kind of person breaks up a day before the other person’s birthday? We went out for six months. My gram said, “that’s nothing,” but six months was something to me and I ...
In honor of April’s Child Abuse Prevention Month, I retrieved a letter from my files. I’ve written the Ask Mary Jo column since January 2005, so I’m approaching two decades of weekly columns. I respond to every question I receive, but I do not always use them for the column. I continue ...
Q. I think my boyfriend is going to ask me to marry him after college graduation, which is in a couple of months. We’ve been together for three years. I remember you talking about relationships back in high school and I wonder if I’m too old to ask you how I can know if we’re really right ...
