Barbara Godin is a graduate of Athabasca University. She writes the “”Dear Barb” and the “Women of Interest” columns. As well, Barb has written many personal interest stories and enjoys connecting with others through her writing. She has been writing for The Voice since 2003.
If you enjoy reading Dear Barb, you can also purchase her curated collection, Dear Barb: Answers to Everyday Questions at her website, http://www.barbgodin.com.
Dear Barb: I am almost thirty years old and live with my parents. After graduating high school I went and got my degree. I had a job before I even finished school. Unfortunately, the job was only a one-year contract. When the company didn’t renew it, I wasn’t able to find another job. There were… Read more »
Dear Barb: My husband and I have been married for three years and I just found out he has a bank account that I did not know anything about. I discovered it when I went on the computer to check our mutual bank account. I noticed in the bookmarks there was a link to a… Read more »
Dear Barb: After reading The Voice a few weeks ago, I left my computer open to the article by Barbara Lehtiniemi, “More than a Mouthful.” My husband read the article and saw this as an opportunity for us to talk about a subject I’m fairly closed about. Although I have done it simply to make… Read more »
Dear Barb: My husband and I have been married for ten years and we have three young children. We live fairly close to my husband’s parents, so they have been quite involved with our family life. My problem is with my mother-in-law. I have always struggled to get along with her, but as she’s getting… Read more »
Dear Barb: I was out with some friends recently and we were confronted by a homeless man asking for money. My first reaction was to search for some change in my purse but my friend’s husband had a totally different reaction. He told the man, rather aggressively, “Go get a job and work like the… Read more »
Stanley Ann Dunham was born on November 29, 1942, in Wichita, Kansas, and died November 7, 1995, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Dunham was a highly educated woman, who received a BA. MA. and PhD. She was an anthropologist, whose main interest was in women’s roles in the cottage industries in Indonesia as well as blacksmithing in… Read more »
Dear Barb: I am the mother of a young daughter with a physical disability. Throughout her young life she has had numerous surgeries and she has been a real trooper. She never seemed to let her situation get her down until recently. Now she doesn’t want to participate in any activities that she did before…. Read more »
Dear Barb: I am the mother of an eight-year-old girl and I’ve never had any problems with her until recently. It just came out that my daughter’s best friend was sexually abused by a family member. My daughter has spent a lot of time at this friend’s home. They have had sleepovers together at her… Read more »
Dear Barb: I am the mother of two teenagers and I work full time and take care of my aging parents, plus my husband takes care of his aging parents. We are so busy taking care of everyone that we don’t have a life of our own. We both have siblings and they are doing… Read more »
Dear Barb: Hi, recently I’ve been diagnosed with fibromyalgia. It was a total relief to finally put a name to what is wrong with me. The problem I’ve been having is that most of my family and friends think my illness is all in my head. Since fibromyalgia is one of those illnesses that are… Read more »