Dear Doctors: I had such bad abdominal pain that my husband took me to the ER. I was told I was passing a kidney stone. It took two days, and it was excruciating. What are kidney stones? Is there anything I can do to keep this from happening again?
DEAR HARRIETTE: I’m the mother of a 16-year-old daughter who loves shopping and frequently goes out with her friends to the mall, the movies and various other places. Up until now, I’ve always paid for her extra experiences – whether that’s her shopping sprees, lunches or outings with her friends. Financially, I can afford all of these things without issue, so it hasn’t been a problem to cover her extra spending. However, I’ve recently been thinking that maybe it’s time for her to get a part-time job and start learning to budget her own money for her personal spending. I want her to understand the value of hard work and how to manage her finances responsibly before she goes off to college or becomes more independent.
If Kamala Harris loses the election next month, one big reason will be the steady drift of Latino voters away from the Democrats. In a recent survey by the Pew Research Center, Harris led Donald Trump by 18 points among Latinos, 57 to 39. Only four years ago, those voters favored Joe Biden over Trump by 33 points.
The men who have been making the terrible noise are still at it. The construction on our building began in the early spring, before my husband, Peter, and I returned from Mexico. When we arrived, scaffolding had been set up all around the building and blue plastic had been taped over our windows to protect them from flying debris. Our balcony was unusable, and the driveway was blocked off, filled with piles of bricks.
DEAR HARRIETTE: My younger brother, who is only 12, recently came out as gay, and while I fully support him, my parents are struggling to accept it. They keep insisting it’s just a phase, and it’s heartbreaking to watch.
In 1492, explorer Christopher Columbus’ expedition made landfall in the Bahamas.
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GORELOVKA, Georgia (AP) — A 10-year-old boy proudly stands beside his father and listens to the monotone chanting of elderly women clad in embroidered headscarves and long colorful skirts. It is Ilya's first time attending a night prayer meeting in Gorelovka, a tiny village in the South Caucasus nation of Georgia, and he is determined to follow the centuries-old hymns that have been passed down through the generations.
CONCORD, N.H. (RNS) — As pet lovers gathered in a church garden here with dogs and photographs for the annual Blessing of the Animals, they were greeted with an assurance unlike any in years past.