Dear Abby: I am on a limited income. My younger sister, is a medical professional with disposable income she spends on frivolous things. I have one son, age 13; she has three children, ages 14, 10 and 3. Tara and I live a few miles apart; our mother lives 60 miles away. My mother keeps my kids every other week.
She rarely keeps my son. I must bring my son to her; she drives all the way to house to pick up her kids and take them home. I have a rather decent sum of money from my mother. She reg- ularly asks me about paying it back. She spends a lot of extra money on food for kids because of their special di- etary needs.
Between that and all the driving back and forth, my mother has spent nearly twice as much catering to my sister as what I have borrowed in the same amount of time. I feel this is very one-sided and that, for some reason, my mother cares more about Tara than about me. I also feel like my son is neglected by my mother. Am I wrong for feeling like this? Should I say something or just leave it alone? Lopsided In Georgia Dear Lopsided: It appears you are jealous of your sister for many reasons. Your mother has the right to spend her time and money on whatever she pleas- es, as does your sister.
I know why your mother favors children. Per- haps time to ask her why. As to her request you repay the mon- ey she has loaned you, I suggest you work out a repayment plan starting NOW in the hope that it will improve your relationship with her. But if that happen, arrange for someone else to watch your son. Dear Abby: When I met my husband, I felt valued.
But ever since I got preg- nant, he no longer considers my feelings or treats me as a priority. The reason I married him was be- cause he seemed loyal and dedicated to his family, and I thought he would be that way with us. However, during the last few months of my pregnancy I have felt ignored. He is not really excited about the baby, and we bonded while I am pregnant. I feel like the last item on his list.
I am slowly detaching from him. Even if things change when the baby is here, I think respect him or have those love feelings anymore. I now see him in a light that I unattractive. Please help. At A Crossroads In Maine Dear Crossroads: Before this goes any further, recognize that you have steered yourself to a fork in the road.
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Having released a series of pop albums from ages 6 to 25, Danna committed to a full-time music career. Her newest album, which dropped on April 11, the 28-year-old singer reconciling her unique upbringing with a search for self-identity. myself through characters all the time and through personalities was really crazy, so why I think I started molding myself based on many Danna tells USA TODAY in an in- terview conducted in English and Spanish. in therapy, I understood that there were things that were really (messed) up and that allow me to be my most authentic person. So, for this album, I made my peace with But for those expecting a cynical album about the pitfalls of fame, think again.
The 13-track LP is largely a collection of cathartic dance-pop in which Danna combs through the kaleidoscope of life experiences that have placed her at the center of her own story. found myself as an artist. I found my voice, my way to produce my music, how I want to write my own Danna says. a beautiful journey, but at the same time, it has been really hard and How the of depression inspired Danna on A face smudged with jet-black tears. A devil trashing a dressing room.
Bodies writhing in a nightclub. Unlike the bright spot- light of child stardom, the video imagery for is moody and gritty, which Danna says is a tribute to her battle with depression. wanted to deconstruct the image people had about me in this pink, perfect world and this sweetie thing with this Danna says. darkness is what made me myself as an artist, and if it for that depression and the hole I was living in, I have discovered Danna also channels that darkness on the opening track a mournful ballad in which the singer accepts her inner turmoil but vows to rise above the pain, a lesson she has learned from living in the public eye. going to see me fall thousands of times because not perfect, but going to make art and music from she says.
a human being, and I make mistakes too every day, public or not public. I want to be perfect. I just want to learn about life. I think something given me a lot of peace Danna broke free from the of acting with music acting role before diving back into music was Lu Montesinos, a sharp-tongued schoolgirl on the teen crime thriller Danna, who won a Premios Juventud award for her performance, said she ultimately left acting because she was of being someone else instead of discovering an actress, I enjoyed so much being in another skin and another world in my mind, and I became that person. It takes a lot to detach myself from a character after three, four, six months.
Lucretia, which was my last character, really left particles of her DNA in But Danna left the dramatic art form com- pletely behind. The singer, who performed an emo- tional monologue for the trailer, said she has been able to fuse the heightened emotion of acting with the unrestricted self-expression she has found in music. think that feeling free making Danna says. not because I hate acting, but it was a com- fort zone just being an actress and not believing in my- self as an artist and as a singer. I love singing, and in- terpreting a song and really feeling what I wrote is real- ly important to Why makes Danna feel On Que one of the songs that rounds out Danna takes a sobering look at a relationship that has crumbled in the wake of the newfound independence.
my happi- ness depend on she sings over a puls- ing dark synth-pop beat. the end, happiness is a choice. a thing you that you have to create in your life every Danna says. we put our happiness in others and de- pend on them, we limit ourselves to create our own magic, our own world and our way of viewing Part of happiness today comes from the self-realization of her renewed creativity. every inch of this album is my DNA, so what really, really proud of.
Because for me, now is the time where really comfortable with all the things saying: with my music, with the way I dress, with my sexuality. star Danna explains why she left acting for music Edward Segarra USA TODAY Mexican actress and pop singer Danna embraces her complicated past as a child entertainer on her latest album RAFAEL ARROYO.
