DEAR ABBY: I recently gave birth to our second child, a girl. Shortly afterward, my husband called his mother. She lives in a different state hours away and visits only once a year. When he told her t...

On Monday, February 6, the Oklahoma Legislature convened for regular recurring business, which will run over the next four months. We heard from Gov. Kevin Stitt with his proposed agenda for the upcom...

DEAR ABBY: I’m writing on behalf of my partner of more than 10 years. He has three daughters ages 23, 20 and 16. While he’s close to two of them, his youngest distances herself when she doesn’t get wh...

Can you believe it’s already February? The days pass far too quickly. I usually don’t care much for February, but I have decided to make the conscious effort to celebrate instead of be sad. While I do...

DEAR ABBY: I don’t know what to do about my 18-year-old niece. She walks around the house in her underwear. She’s been doing it for the last two or three years. It wouldn’t matter, I suppose, if it we...

It was a Sunday afternoon. My best friend had come home with me after church. We shared lunch with the family and then took off on an adventure. I only lived four blocks from the river bed, so we head...

“Do as I say, not as I do.” Come again? The old eyebrow-raising statement is not a phrase voiced by a bona fide mentor or authentic life coach. Jesus came as rescuer, as savior. But more than this. He...

Let’s get these animals out of boarding and give them some Valentine love!Dipper is a young, glowing, red chestnut medium- sized male. He is a little shy and a bit intimidated. He’s docile and wants t...

In August, Allison D. Garrett, chancellor for the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, warned lawmakers that Oklahoma high-school graduates are largely unprepared for college in English, math, r...

The Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) annually holds two conferences, one to shape policies that will benefit the youth of Oklahoma and the other to educate advocates about how to be more e...

DEAR ABBY: I’m a 32-year-old mom of four (11-month-old twins, a 4-year-old and a 6-yearold). I’ve been married for six years. I’m a Southern girl, but my husband is an immigrant to this country. When ...