European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 stars and stripes saturday april 21 2007 moms help drags on business that scrambled word game by Henri Arnold and Mike Argirion dear Abby Twenty years ago my sister and i bought a business from our Mother we All love and respect one another and get along Well we will be finished paying off the business in two years our problem mom who is now 77 still draws a salary from us above and beyond the pay ment for the business her workload has lessened greatly As it should she could do All of her work in one Day and Lessen the Burden of her salary however she says shed go crazy if she retired we dont want that she could still come in As often As she wants and do her personal paperwork banking letter writing read ing Etc these Are All things she does at on the clock if we try to discuss this mom gets Hurt and says just let me know when in dear Abby not Worth the Money we dont want to do that we would Hope she would see the fairness of this and suggest it herself business expenses Are going through the roof and there Are updates we should make but we cant do it As Long As we Are paying mom at the level we Are on top of the Money for the buyout daughters Dearest dear daughters you do indeed have a problem its one that should be handled with the utmost diplomacy because your Mother is an Intelli gent businesswoman she must be a part of this decision schedule a business meeting Between the three of you and put the budget on the table for discussion along with the updates that need to be made ideally she will recognize the dilemma and suggest the cutback herself if your Mother fails to reduce her salary for the Good of the company begin planting seeds about How Nice it would be to have time to devote to Charity and How much she has to offer volunteerism its the truth research Volunteer opportunities in your area and perhaps even talk to some Volunteer organizations about recruiting your Mother when she realizes How interesting and fulfilling these activities can be encourage her to reduce her hours at work to enable her to contrib Ute to the Community Good Luck unscramble these four jumbles one letter to each Square to form four Ordinary words s Tribune Media services inc Al rights reserved s s s s s lend me your ear a play on works can thi5 now letters to form the Surprise answer As suggested by the above cartoon letters for this column with your name and phone number should be addressed to dear Abby to Box 69440 los Angeles Ca 90069 readers can write to Abby on the internet at Universal press Syndicate answer answers monday jumbles mauve Putty robber deadly answer what he did while he listened to the baseball game drove her Batty new you Colont me Kation he Joy pins what 60st asked Abe you to watch his him a Storf tit not As if rfcs comma steal a Ca Piuac Speed bump Hes w vacation o w6w agree every humans Home is their Castle Andi want to for easy Access humans want to be close to nature every Ohe there created the perfect suburb each with a totally open air Kitchen i occupancy limit that Guy with the Beret one Chihuahua pm Tuout to
