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TOMORROW’S HOROSCOPE
In a quandry over daughter’s card
Dear Annie: My daughter grad- know that it was missing when it
uated from high school a few weeks arrived, but if they didn’t, I don’t
ago and had sent out announce- want to make them feel uncomfort-
ments to family and friends. She able by mentioning it. What is the
has been receiving congratulations best way to handle this type of sit-
cards and notes in the mail, and uation? — Grateful for Love From
some have included monetary gifts Family and Friends
Dear Grateful: Before
to acknowledge her going
DEAR
I answer your question, I
to college in the fall or just
want to tell you how much
in celebration of her big
ANNIE
I love your signature. Grat-
life event. Monetary gifts
itude is one of the best life
are definitely not expected,
skills that anyone can cul-
but I’m concerned about
tivate, and the fact that you
how to address a card
are feeling gratitude for
that arrived from family
two of the most import-
friends who have been in
ant things in the world
our lives since my daugh-
Lane
ter’s birth; they are the Annie
— your family and your
Creators
Syndicate Inc.
in-laws of one of my sib-
friends — is excellent. As
lings. The card arrived with
for the card in question,
nothing enclosed, and though that your thoughts make perfect sense.
is not unusual, the envelope was If my check were taken or I didn’t
open/unsealed (looked as though seal my envelope, I would want
it was never sealed), and the card my friend to tell me. Thank your
was inserted with the open por- longtime friends for the card, and
tion facing up. I’m thinking one explain to them the way the enve-
of two things happened. Either a lope arrived — that it looked as if
check or cash was included and someone tampered with it.
Dear Annie: How happy I was
fell out or was taken out or nothing
was enclosed and the envelope was to see my name, Janie, in print in
your column. The writer to you was
mailed without being sealed well.
My quandary is whether I frustrated when people misspelled
should mention something to the or mispronounced her given name,
senders or not. If they did enclose so she chose the nickname Janie.
something, they would want to Then she couldn’t win, as people
got that wrong, too, calling her Jane.
No one can better relate to her
anger than I can, for in my many
years, I have had to live with some
people insisting on calling me Jane.
It so happens that I’m proud of
my name. Some years ago, a sec-
ond cousin whom I’d never met
surprised me with a letter say-
ing she had found my name and
address in her mother’s address
book and she wanted me to know
we have the same name. Thus
began a correspondence between
us. When she and her husband did
a lot of traveling last summer, they
went out of their way to come to
Shreveport, Louisiana, to meet me
and spend the day with me. Our
names brought us together, she
being named for her grandmother,
who was my great-aunt.
A niece named after me visits
often. When we’re out and about,
we attract attention by calling each
other Janie. I’m not always proud of
myself, but I stay proud of my full
name. — Janie Griffith
Dear Janie Griffith: It sounds
as though you have a lot to be
proud of, for your sibling to have
named a daughter after you. Thank
you for writing with a testament
to how names can bring people
together, too.
THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2018
By Holiday Mathis, Creators Syndicate Inc.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Whether the
job is big or small, your sincere aim to do it
right will be what makes this day a success,
regardless of how far you get into it. Good
instruction will be key; the search engine will
be your best friend.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You know that
the very nature of favorites dictates that only
one person or thing can top the category, but
it doesn’t stop you from treating each loved
one like a favorite — an approach that attracts
much luck today.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Anything fresh
out of the fire is unsafe to touch: This is true
more metaphorically than literally today. Let
that hot thing in your life cool down before you
approach.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). They want
to talk of past glories; you do not. You’ve done
some cool stuff, but you know in your heart
that the best is yet to come. Arms open and
onward, ever onward!
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). When you ask a
question and the response is not forthcoming,
take that as your answer. Instead of waiting
around, assume the silence means “No”;
move on; explore new options; be a happy
traveler.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Don’t let
the things that happen to you make you feel
“less than.” If you can’t help but feeling that
way, that’s OK. Just know that feelings can
lie. The truth is that you are more because of
what you’ve experienced, and you’ll continue
to build on it.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ve an inner
zeal that is so much a part of who you are
that you don’t even realize how many people
walk around without an ounce of enthusiasm
for life. You’ll share your energy with someone
who lacks it.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Love thrives on the
tongue, but who puts it in practice? You want
to. There’s a lot you once did out of love that
has now turned into duty, or just habit, and
you’re trying to get back that original feeling.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The best strategy
is not to talk about yourself unless you abso-
lutely have to today. It’s the demonstration that
counts. Don’t worry; you’ll savor the look on
their faces when they see what you can do.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). There is nothing
to gain from being harshly self-critical. You
learned this kind of treatment of yourself, and
you can unlearn it. Start by sweetening the
tone you use when you talk to yourself.
FRANK AND ERNEST
BLONDIE
THATABABY
SALLY FORTH
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
B.C.
LOLA
DILBERT
SIX CHIX
BIZARRO
MUTTS
NON SEQUITUR
BABY BLUES
WIZARD OF ID
ZITS
ROSE IS ROSE
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You haven’t
always had the care you needed to help you
thrive as who you really are inside, but that
will change. Support is gathering around you.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You don’t need
propping up; nor should you be another
person’s prop. You’re a whole person, and it’s
right for you to connect with another whole
person and work together in a way that
honors you both.
TOMORROW’S BIRTHDAY (July 20). You
learn to be your own cheerleader, and this
makes all of the difference. You’ll basically be
teaching others to cheer you on as well, and
with the new gumption, you’ll spring over the
hurdles that once kept you from your joy. A
deal in August favors you. You’ll check two
things off your bucket list, and add two more.
Leo and Libra adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 3, 30, 49, 14 and 11.