Dear Abby: Grieving mom doesn’t know what to do with sympathy cards sent by estranged relatives

Dear Abby: Woman wishes to acknowledge kindness after tragic loss

DEAR ABBY: Four months ago, my 15-year-old oldest child was killed in a car accident. It has been really hard. My husband and I are doing our best to take care of our younger children and put our lives back together.One thing I don't know what to do about is all the mail I have received from my estranged relatives. None of them came for the service, but aunts, uncles, cousins and even my dad's ex-wife wrote cards and condolence letters. It's all…

DEAR ABBY: Woman wishes to acknowledge kindness after tragic loss

DEAR ABBY: Four months ago, my 15-year-old oldest child was killed in a car accident.

Dear Abby: My teenage son just died in a car crash, do I have to respond to all this sympathy mail?

I don't even regularly communicate with these people.

Dear Abby: Grieving mom doesn’t know what to do with sympathy cards sent by estranged relatives

While she appreciates their sympathy, there's a reason these relatives aren't close to her family.

Dear Abby | Woman wishes to acknowledge kindness after tragic loss

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Dear Abby: Should I tell daughter I’m not her bio dad?

Dear Abby: I am a retired Marine who married my supervisor’s daughter. I’ll call her “Zoe.” He and I were good friends. Zoe and I divorced in 1997. During the marriage, I found out that he was not her real father. It was a family secret that accidentally got out. Zoe and I had a daughter, “Ellie.” When I discovered when she was 13 that she wasn’t mine, I was furious. I eventually accepted Ellie as my own because I was the only father she had eve…