European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 stars and stripes sunday april 222007 sunday Horoscope Happy Earth Day fellow Earth Lings the Sun King visits the Earth sign Taurus now and the Moon is fittingly in the sign of mothers cancer to help us feel the Strong presence of Mother nature so talk to a Rock if youre so inclined Converse with a Moun Tain listen to the secret messages revealed to you in a handful of dirt today birthday april your winning air is so attractive this year friends want in on the ventures you under take an investment you make in the next seven weeks pays handsomely your project is brilliantly received at its unveiling in August september is highly romantic wedding Bells ring in november Sagittarius and aquarius people adore you your Lucky numbers Are 810 27 39 and 21 Aries March 21aprii too Many Days in a Row without the excitement of intrigue is a recipe for the blues you need a mystery and fast the universe provides on this order your Job is simply to get curious Taurus april 20may youre not putting up with a thing Delegate the tasks you dont fee a passion for or that dont sufficiently Challenge you tonight youll Leam something you never knew about a loved one gemini May 21june just when you thought youd Felt it All your heart is tugged in new directions thoughtful sacred silences keep you in control if s not what you say but How Able you Are to follow through that really matters cancer june 22juiy you feel fabulous socializing provides you the Opportunity to Leam from an expert furthermore your Broad View of the world makes you attractive to a wide variety of people Leo july 23aug of dear there you go again waiting around for someone with a notoriously Cavalier attitude toward time but when your plan does finally Start to Dick into motion youll realize it was Ayer Goodone Virgo aug 23sepi youre encouraged to put your Talent on display you could even be financed by someone who believes in you so take it All the Way make an impression that in put you in the big leagues Libra sept 23oct you Cane about doing the right thing but dont let others take advantage of your Good will by making you fee guilty hold on to the awareness that not every problem is yours to solve Scorpio oct 24nov you Rise to the occasion not be cause theres a Reward in it for you but because if s your nature so when you find out there really is a Holiday Mathis Reward res a pleasant Surprise accept graciously Sagittarius nov 22dec things happen for you whether or not you take control so dont Force it insisting it go your Way could keep you from something that was better than what you originally wanted Capricorn dec 22jan Light makes a difference in your attitude get outside and soak in some natural rays tonight brings a Puzzle you intuitively bypass obvious dues and go straight for the answer aquarius Jan 20feb a Friend with Cash to bum wants you to join in the fun Fine if Shes paying but dont feel you must match her Dollar for Dollar re member that youre also gracing this person with the gift of your amusing company Pisces feb 19march youre open to exploring a relationship that seemed like a bad idea just yesterday it May still be a bad idea but no one can say you we rent willing to offer a second Chance forecast for the week ahead there Are two Earth Days a year one was named by the United nations and is celebrated around the world on the Vernal Equinox which is the Day the Sun enters Aries usually March 21 the other Earth Day started in the United states but is now celebrated by 175 countries and Falls on april 22 when the Sun is in the Earth sign of Taurus this Earth Day the cancer Moon is giving out hugs and free emotional connections to our planet for anyone willing to try to relate to her also offering free gifts this week will be Mercury the messenger planet and Pluto the Dwarf of dormant forces these two planetary players happen to be happily accentuating one another strengths and the result should be the kind of breakthroughs that help you define the previously indefinable name the previously unnamed and loudly declare your destiny so say youve wanted to get involved in some thing that seemed so out of your Normal realm that you even figure out the first step this week you hit your hand to your head and say of now i get it Steps one through 100 suddenly seem obvious celebrity profiles the Pixie Charm of Shirley Maclaine is a trait related to Mercury in child like Aries was Maclaine making up All that stuff about he past lives to get publicity or does she really believe she was once Cleo Patra was it Venus in Pisces shows her reverence for spirituality her astrological inclinations suggest she would never make a mockery of a belief system especially not her own creators Syndicate always remind those close to you How you feel about them dear Abby it has been is years since my first wife died of cancer she was Only 49 we were a typical hard working couple having raised our three Chil Dren to adulthood my message is to husbands who Are too Busy or forgetful say i love you to their wives during the fourth of our five year fight with cancer i was holding my wife in my arms trying to Comfort her As i did every Day she looked up at me and whispered i guess you do love me after All her statement has haunted me Ever since at age 261 resigned my appointment As a us Treasury agent Federal Bureau of narcotics to return to our Hometown in order to save our marriage i also turned Down offers in Australia and Alaska for the Sake of our marriage but somehow i neglected to say i love you to my wife As i now realize i should have i have been happily married to a widow for the last 16 years and i try not to let a Day pass without putting my arms around her and saving i love you so dear Abby husbands and fathers out there take the time to express the obvious the results can be truly re warding Robert in Fresno Calif dear Robert then ty20 Hindsight can be painfully accurate imprinting your letter so that of tiers will not experience the same regret you do it takes Only a moment to say i love you your Mes Sage applies equally to husbands wives parents and children deaf Abby Ive enjoyed Reading your letters from read ers about acts of kindness and i have my own to share my parents and i were towing a trailer along the East coast one evening just after dark Wear Rived at a trailer Park in Maine on the Way to our space our trailer got stuck in a huge mud puddle the More we tried to get it out the deeper it Sank into the muck suddenly out of nowhere a gang of men at least 10 it looked like an running up one of them asked Are you having trouble we nodded frantically and All of them got behind the trailer and freed it with one mighty push we were relieved but there was still a problem my father had been looking Forward to a Maine lobster dinner for weeks now he feared that by the time we unhooked our truck and drove into town All the seafood restaurants would be closed one of our heroes heard dad and handed him a set of keys take my car he said and then he gave us directions to the Best lobster place in town we had a fabulous feast that night but what really impressed us was the spontaneous kindness of the folks at that trailer Park in Ogunquit Maine Ever since we have marvelled at How quickly and generously they came to our Rescue it was the most Memora ble part of a great trip still smiling in California dear still smiling Well said it int so much where you go but the people you meet that make a vacation special 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 Syndi cateapny041007 1546edt instead of fixing a Man How about working on yourself i am 22 and my Boyfriend of 15 months is 41 he has an extremely difficult time expressing any affection or emotion and our physical intimacy has been dwindling despite my efforts to seduce him his family says in the first girl Hes brought Home since 1987 and his longest relationship there rooting for me and say i should Call them if he starts pushing me away they want him to have a family and he says he wants one too but has never come close i realize in Young but for the first time i feel selfless i would happily sacrifice my happiness for his if s so important to me that he is Able to become a father even if it is not with me but maybe our age difference Means we were supposed to meet so i can Bear his children i strongly believe this Man is my soul mate even if he is not so sure How do i keep from going crazy while not pressuring him so much that i lose him pattern just what every kid needs a father who incapable of express ing any affection or emotion should work wonders when your Little girl wakes up screaming for goddess her daddy to protect her from the monsters oops daddy Doest do hugs could she work with a Pat on the Back or maybe a Nice firm handshake As for you proud Holder of the title first girl Hes brought Home since 1987 in guessing the others didst find emotional constipation such a Strong Selling Point apparently it works for you pops was a cold Chap clearly you dont want a Man who affectionate if you did youd be with one it seems what you really want is a Challenge go where no woman has gone before Only you can unlock the love with in yeah Wanna bet when a Guy shows you Hes inca Pable of affection the appropriate response int to Latch onto him like a tick and go celebrate with his family chances Are your parents sent you through school so you could make something of yourself not make something of a broken mid dle aged Man at 22 youre faced with All these big questions who Are you where Are you going what Are you doing the answer be making some Guy your project in Hopes of avoiding the looming uncertainties of you once you actually do the work to develop a self you might be a Little picker about where you sacrifice it maybe for world peace or for those Little babies with the distended bellies not for a Guy who wont Caress your neck unless you Call his Mother and get her to talk him into it putting aside How silly it is to believe that everybody has one designated soul mate some women say that about each of their six you cant actually believe yours is a Guy whose emotional availability rivals that of a cinder lock instead of clinging to this picture of the life you could have if Only he were completely different Why not ditch him and work toward the life you could have if you were completely different like if you had a Strong self Felt you de served to be Happy and to have love in your life it beats setting yourself on a Pom to Wake up at 30 bitter and resentful realizing you Arent the Only couple in need of marital Avis just probably the Only one turning to gallon jugs of Deicer and a portable def ibid Lator got a problem write Amy Nikon 171 pier ave no 280 Santa Monica Ca 90405 or email wwwadvicegodde55com copyright 2005 Amy Alkon creators Syndicate
