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Tomorrow’s horoscope
Sisters don’t help with mom
Dear Annie: I am the young-
est of three girls and have always
been the black sheep of the family.
I have two sisters who don’t have
kids, yet they constantly tell me
I’m not a good mother or daughter.
I have always tried to be a
good daughter, especially af-
ter Dad passed away. My sisters
don’t do much for our mom. One
lives out of state, so I guess she
thinks she doesn’t have to do any-
thing. The other sister calls Mom
often, but doesn’t bother to stop
by and see her.
Mom is on a limited income.
We all work full time and have
husbands, but I’m the only one
who buys her groceries and takes
her places. I recently told my
mother how I was feeling about
my sisters, and she told me they
will never change. And why should
they? Mom refuses to ask for any
help from the other two. She never
asks me to take her shopping, but I
know she needs food in her house.
I also enjoy spending time with my
mom. She’s an awesome woman
who worked hard and provided for
her children.
I had once before disappeared
from Mom’s life because I was
tired of putting up with this non-
sense. I didn’t speak to anyone for
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a year. But I realized my mother
Dear Annie: I felt the need to
won’t be here forever, and we’ve respond to the letter from “Gary,”
been attached at the hip ever wondering about appropriate
since. Now I’m tired of the non- dress for a funeral. I have attend-
sense again. What am I supposed ed more wakes and funerals than
to do?
I can count, and I know what is
My sisters are perfectly aware considered “appropriate” attire.
of Mom’s needs. I believe they
My husband passed away sud-
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for them to wake up? I can’t talk quiet family and the attendance
to either one of them because it at his funeral was astounding and
just upsets me. But I can’t go back unexpected. We did not notice
and keep taking care of Mom all what color clothes people wore,
by myself. It gets expensive to their necklines, collars, hemlines,
do this every week with no help sneakers or boots. What I can say,
whatsoever. — The Black Sheep
unequivocally, is that I, along with
Dear Sheep: You sound like our 14-year-old son and 12-year-
a caring daughter, but you can- old daughter couldn’t have cared
not force your sisters to be the less what anyone had on. It only
same. If you were an only child, mattered that they came. —
would you continue helping Heartbroken in Connecticut
Mom? It might be less frustrating
Dear Heartbroken: Thank
for you to think of yourself that you for making it clear what is
way. However, you may be able important. Our condolences.
Annie’s
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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015
By Holiday Mathis, Creators Syndicate Inc.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). How would
you feel if nothing changed about your situa-
tion — not in five years or 10 years or ever?
If that thought is intolerable, you’re now mo-
tivated to reach out and make a necessary
adjustment.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). The activities
you’ve chosen for the day require a certain
degree of hardiness. Bouncing back is as
much a skill as not falling. There are rewards
for stamina, though those rewards are most-
ly self-created.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Create a plan
for what to do if the worst should happen. Do-
ing this will help you to stop worrying. Once
you stop worrying, you will loosen up, adopt
a better attitude, have some fun and succeed.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). In matters
of love, your judgment will be consistently
stellar. You’ll make the choices that bring you
closer to the ones you want to be close to
and distance you from potentially negative
influences.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). What you do to
make the environment more pleasant for
yourself will improve things for others, too,
so don’t hesitate to speak up. Once you get
the conversation rolling, everything will start
to change.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). A raised eye-
brow, a mysterious text, a finger point toward
the horizon — it won’t take much to stir the
curiosity and capture the imagination of
those around you. Once you have their at-
tention, you’ll do something useful with it.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). A person sees
a big dog and thinks “threat.” Another person
sees the same dog and thinks “friend.” Either
one could be right. Your advantage today will
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be your ability to adjust to how others per-
ceive things.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). An intellectu-
al approach may be appropriate for the situa-
tion, but the wisest decisions get made when
you also engage your emotions and let them
weigh heavily into the equation.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). There’s
really no such thing as pointless chatter today.
There is a world of knowledge inside of small
talk. It takes careful listening to know the right
questions to open up the treasure trove.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). If you’ve
heard it a million times, that’s because it
bears repeating. Accept yourself for who you
are, flaws and all. This helps you to accept
other people. With increased tolerance, life
gets easier for everyone.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). The an-
swers could be found in the attic of your
mind, but climbing up there will be a lot of
unnecessary trouble because the answers
can also be found in your immediate envi-
ronment. Slow down and look.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Honesty and
integrity are important in all of your relation-
ships, especially the romantic ones. You’d
like to know the real person and not the per-
son the other person thinks you want to see.
WEDNESDAY’S BIRTHDAY (Sept. 9).
This year is one big talent show that invites
you to perform over and over. The improve-
ments to your environment this month will
favorably affect relationships. It will be espe-
cially difficult to balance work and play when
the yearend brings such a wonderful play-
mate. Money months are March, May and
July. Pisces and Scorpio people adore you.
Your lucky numbers are: 40, 2, 22, 14 and 1.