Recently this fall, I moved back to my childhood home on the south tip of Nova Scotia after being a round a variety of cities for college and internships, and had planned to start a …

Ugh.I have a problem.
I have been dating probably one of the most amazing boys on the planet for three and a half months.We are extremely happy/amazed that we even met anyone like each other.He (we …

Hi Sars!Long-time reader, first-time whiner.
My little group of five is splitting up.Granted, we’ve only known each other for a couple of years, but we all worked at the same place this year and have gotten …

This is going to sound bathetic, drawn-out and yucky.Bear with me.
I just came out of a car accident that did a real number on me.Mercifully I suffered no debilitating spinal cord injuries, no freak amputations, …

Dear Sarah,
I have recently entered a graduate program for creative writing. My workshop class began a few weeks ago, and though it’s for the most part full of creative people who are also fun and …

Hi Sars,
You probably get a lot of letters for advice on this type of thing, but here is my dilemma anyway.I have a very close friend, one of my best friends, whom I basically fell …

Dear Sarah,
I have a problem and I hope you can help me. I’m twenty years old and have been going out with this wonderful guy for about six months. He’s funny, intelligent, extremely kind, and …

I went to a new bar last night. I do not like going to new bars, and Ernie had to furnish me with notarized documents swearing up, down, and around the side that the new …

I always marked off my childhood summers according to clearly delineated dates. The countdown to getting out of school started at Memorial Day, and then a couple of weeks later, school let out, and we …

I do not like having my picture taken. Yeah, yeah, everyone says that, and everyone groans when they see pictures of themselves – “Like, could I look any fatter?” and “Okay, they keep talking about …