Dear Annie: I’m a 50-plus married empty nester with a full-time job and three dogs. Life is still busy for us.
My mom, stepfather and younger half-brother live in another state. My father died when I was young, and my mother remarried and had my brother. At 17, I moved out and have been mostly out of sight, out of mind to my family. Although we talk on the phone and see each other on some holidays, I have always been on the outside of their circle, which I have learned to accept and don’t harbor any negative feelings about.

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