Dear Readers, Scenarios like this happen far too often: a gunman injures and murders multiple people just for being different from him. If the gunman survives, he’s often charged with a federal hate crime, defined by the FBI as a crime based on biases against something about the targeted victim, such as their race, religion, […]
Author Archives: Toria Peters
Dear Toria 4 – He Complains About The Way She Does Laundry
My blog post today is an answer to an email sent by a reader. She wrote: Dear Toria, An interaction I had with my husband yesterday left me feeling especially upset. Both of us work stressful jobs; I’m a project manager, and he’s an accountant. We’re involved in our grown children’s lives, and we’re active […]
Dear Toria 3 – email sent by a reader
My blog post today is an answer to similar emails sent by several readers. They wrote: Dear Toria, I can’t my grandkids won’t be with me for Christmas. Why would their parents take them on a vacation now? Dear Toria, I want to skip my company’s holiday party. How can I get out of it? […]
Dear Toria 2 – email sent by a reader
Dear Toria, I feel bad about admitting this, but I argue with my brother about everything. We spent most of this past year fighting about whether we should sell our parents’ house or keep it for rental income. Our mother died a couple years ago, and we recently relocated our father to an assisted living […]
Dear Toria – email sent by a reader
My blog post today is an answer to an email sent by a reader. She wrote: Dear Toria, I’ve had a difficult year in many ways. The idea of making Christmas happen in the way my family has come to expect is overwhelming. But the moment I choose to cut back on buying gifts or […]