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Shayne on You: Focus on living, not dying
Dear Maggie, I know you usually advise people to be positive, but I just don’t know how someone in my circumstances can be. I’m married to the best man in the world, but he’s... read more...
Shayne on You: Does hubby's addiction mean Game Over?
Dear Maggie, All my husband wants to do is play videogames all the time. I’d rather do just about anything in the world, but he just loves his game console. He’s online with... read more...
Shayne on You: Shaking up the marriage routine
Dear Maggie, I’m afraid things are starting to get ho-hum between my new husband and I. We’ve been married a year now, and we seem to have fallen into a routine. We do the sa... read more...
Shayne on You: Dealing with the mother-in-law
Dear Maggie, I love my mother-in-law. We get along great, and talk often, and things have seemed almost too good to be true with her. But lately, I’ve felt as if she’s been v... read more...
Shayne on You: Beating the winter blahs
Dear Maggie, It’s the middle of winter, the holidays are over, and all that’s left is snow and cold and grim dark, short days and endless nights. Every year I get what the ol... read more...
Shayne on You: Make your resolutions reflect a positive attitude
Dear Maggie, I don’t know what good New Year’s Resolutions do anyone! I seem to make the same ones every year, and every year I break them all. I’ve already blown it and it’... read more...
Shayne on You: A word or two of holiday advice
Dear Readers, It’s almost Christmas, and Hannuka and the Winter Solstice have just passed. It’s the time of year for gift-giving in almost every tradition and faith. So I tho... read more...
Shayne on You: How can you not believe?
Dear Maggie, My kids have reached the age where they’re beginning to question their belief in Santa Claus. Other kids in school have strong opinions and many of them are skep... read more...
Shayne on You: Don't fall for vanity press scam
Dear Maggie, I am ready to publish my first book, and I’ve got several prospective publishers on my list. I’ve done all the research and gathered all the details, and the onl... read more...
Shayne on You: Stop trying to run mom's life
Dear Maggie, My mother is getting older, and while she’s still in fairly good health, I know it’s only a matter of time. She’s recently widowed, but refuses to sell her house... read more...
Shayne on You: Teaching the joys of reading
Dear Maggie, I’m a fifth grade teacher, and I was hoping you could help me think of a way to get my male students more interested in reading. It seems to me that most girls h... read more...
Shayne on You: Only you can find the true path to God
Dear Maggie, I’ve been on a quest to find the truth about religion, to find the one faith that’s the right one, and all I seem to find are flaws in all of them. I’ve been stu... read more...
Shayne on You: Happiness is your job
Dear Maggie, I try to stay positive, and to keep an upbeat approach to life. I don’t love my job, but I’m determined to make the best of it until something better comes along... read more...
Shayne on You: Widowed mom chooses grief over happiness
Dear Maggie, My father passed away four years ago. He died unexpectedly at fifty, and it rocked our entire family. But most especially my mother. And now, four years later, s... read more...
Shayne on You: Start telling a new story
Hi Maggie, Right now, I am going through the toughest time of my life. I recently lost my job and my husband is unable to work, due to cancer and a bloodclot on his brain. I ... read more...
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