European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday november 8, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 19 Ann Lander today s crossword dear Ann Landers Over the years i have read so Many letters in your column from family members who do not get along. Such letters make me sad because those people Are missing out in so much in life in october 1990, i was told that i had to go on dialysis due to kidney failure. When i phoned my sister Sharon Balloun she said a dialysis can be very confining and difficult. I want to give you a  at the time she was the Only possible candidate for a living donor. We went through the tissue testing process and Sharon was a perfect match. I told my sister that i would wait for her to get some time off but she insisted on doing it immediately even though it Cost her four weeks salary. On june 24, we drove 200 Miles to the Hospital for the operation. Can you imagine being willing to have surgery that involves an incision from the Middle of your stomach to the Middle of your Back just to help someone can you believe that our family was willing to let her do this for me my sister gave me a gift of life. After the surgery her Only comment was a a in a not a hero. Its Only a kidney. In a the one that god blessed. You would have done the same for  Sharon a kidney is working wonderfully Well. In fact it started to function on the operating table. I came Home the sixth Day after surgery a Little sore but that did no to last Long. After 10 Days 1 Felt wonderful. Ann i know this letter is awfully Long but please try to print As much of it As you can. Id like to let everyone know How wonderful it is to have a Loving family. Bonnie Sayre Springdale Ark. Dear Abby dear Abby our 17-year-old daughter a mar Cie a is going steady with  they Are both seniors in High school. During Marcie a Junior year she ran with the wrong crowd made some bad decisions about smoking and drinking and yes even sex. She was very honest with Brad and now he is being verbally abusive a throwing her past in her face and making her feel like dirt. She quit smoking and drinking but there a nothing she can do about her virginity. After being with Brad she comes Home and cries because he makes her feel so cheap and dirty. What can i do Ohio mom dear mom i know you love your daughter and would do anything to help her but this is one Job Marcie has to do herself. She needs to forgive herself and rebuild her self esteem. She should not permit anyone to degrade dear readers As this column was going to press we Learned that Bonnie had just passed away. My Heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of this courageous woman. Bonnie s letter tells a Beautiful Story of extraordinary generosity. She was indeed blessed to have a sister like Sharon. Dear Ann Landers a great Deal his been said about the obsessive behaviour of teen age girls. What about the obsessive behaviour of senior citizens fifty years ago Margie married Bill. When Bill died. Allen showed up. Margie had been engaged to Allen for five years before she married Bill. Last year Margie and Allen were married. Margie was 75. This year Bob showed up. Bob was engaged to Margie in 1941 when she married Bill. Now Bob wants to buy a House in a Little town in Illinois so he can be near Margie. He is 76. He Points out that his Grandfather did no to get to marry the girl he loved until he was 82. It so happens that Bob is my father. I am 22. Bob was Over 50 when he married my Mother. She was a wonderful woman but unable to compete with bobs memory of Margie so they divorced i have lived with my father since i was 6 years of age. I think it is silly for my father to buy a House in Illinois so he can be near Margie. He never listens to me Ann. Maybe he will listen to you. Please Tell him he a crazy. Do a Glendale Calif. Dear Glendale since Margie now is married to Allen and newly wed at that your dad May be in for a disappointment but i would t say he s crazy. If pops wants to buy a House in Illinois Why not maybe Margie knows some Nice widow she can fix your dad up with and everyone could have a Jolly Good time. C creators Syndicate her or make her feel cheap. Marcie has made some mistakes who has to now she needs to respect herself enough to say goodbye to anyone who tries to degrade her. No family member can help Marcie. Get her into counselling. Dear Abby a Mother wrote to you in agitation Over her Gay daughters  i am writing in agitation Over the use of that word a As if it is used to describe continually bizarre and abnormal behaviour. Abby like All the rest we Are born we live our lives and then we die. Along the Way some of us love another of the same sex. It would seem so Small a thing like the color of the skin in such a wide wide world. 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