Pets are good medicine, but keeping up with their cost can be a challenge. ...more

March 9, 2009

Stress can sometimes magnify feelings of loss or loneliness. Losses can include the loss of a job, separation or divorce, the death of a loved one or some other emotional loss. ...more

February 7, 2009

Fort Myers mental health counselor Thomas Jackson Friedlander was described today as being either a sadistic pedophile or a lonely 78-year-old homosexual who was arrested for describing his corporal punishment fantasies. ...more

December 8, 2008

Over the past 20 months, Rayanne Noss has worked hard to keep her emotions in check. ...more

November 26, 2008

The man who never cared for the sound of being alone had little to worry about Friday night, drawing a crowd of 13,604 to the St. Pete Times Forum. ...more

October 25, 2008

When the world falls apart some things stay in place/Levi Stubbs' tears run down her face. ...more

October 24, 2008

Dear Abby: I recently lost my wife to a long illness. When she could no longer work, I tried to give her the best quality of life I could. It took a toll. I worked long hours to give her everything she needed. The medical bills were astronomical. All she ever wanted was me. ...more

September 28, 2008

Ever since John McCain picked Sarah Palin to be his running mate, many have lavished praise on her decision not to have an abortion after she and her husband learned that their youngest child, Trig, would be born with Down syndrome. Do those telling Palin "attagirl" and "way to go" have any idea what challenges and struggles Trig's parents - and all of us who care for children with special needs - live with every day? Though everyone cheered the Palin family in Minnesota last week, will those people be there for that little boy and his family when their support is really needed? ...more

September 9, 2008

Maria Martinez kept her promise to not be 40 and overweight. ...more

June 13, 2008

The military leaders of Myanmar seized a shipment of U.N. food aid Friday intended for victims of a devastating cyclone, declaring that they would accept donations of food and medicine but not the foreign aid workers international groups say are in equally short supply there. ...more

May 10, 2008