About Luise Volta

Luise’s long life has brought her to being the great grandmother of four teenagers. Born in 1927, the miles in between her teens and theirs have been full of falling and getting up, learning and growing and then falling and getting up again. A normal, though not simple, process. She has had diverse careers in nursing, teaching preschool, interior design, Real Estate sales, insurance adjusting and dairy herd testing. She’s lived in the Mid-west, South and West Coast. Luise is married to the love of her life, Val, born in 1911. Their little terrier, “Rosa,” makes most of the major decisions at their house, (or thinks she does).
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Oldie But Goodie

    Question: Dear Luise: I have an old Pathfinder mobil home out of Spencer, Wisconson that has no tag for serial # the tongue has been removed, the wiring replaced and the water heater area removed. All the logical places to find a serial #. The problem is I can’t get insurance on my land without it. The [...]

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Boys

Question: Dear Luise: I an 15 years old. I met this nice guy. I knew him for a year my mom never met him and we love each other. I have no idea how to tell her. I never told her about my boy friends in the past. She asks no questions. However, he is 16 [...]

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My Adult Children

Question: Dear Luise: I injured my Left arm just before Christmas. As a result, I could not keep up the pace at work (inbound call center which is very stringent on it’s call time (one has to type notes while talking, but due to the injury, I could not keep up and became too slow).) My job placed [...]

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Son Is Distancing Himself

Question: Dear Luise: I have an adult child who has been married less than a year.  His wife has not had a positive relationship with us since the wedding, and even though I have tried to talk to her and heal any hurt feelings, she is not interested and will find all kinds of faults [...]

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11 Year-old Acting Out

Question: Dear Luise: I have an 11 year son, AJ. His father and I split when he was 2. About 9 months ago he started to really lash out and have what we would call “outbursts”, he becomes unruley and starts to scream. Just recently he has become verbally abusive to his father and step-mother. [...]

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My Son Doesn’t Want To Grow Up

Question: Dear Luise: My son is about to turn 19.  He has always been anxious and wasdiagnosed with ADHD early, later ASD and recently OCD!  He has not had a good time at school and so we withdrew him to do part time distance education.  His OCD is out of control and he yells and [...]

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Sexless Relationship

Question: Dear Luise: i have a problem i have nvr been a big fan of sex and my boyfriend wats it all the time i have my reasons and they are very dark and happend wheni was a child.  I dont understand wats wrong with me and have tried to get help, now my boyfriend seems to judge me [...]

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Over Protective Mom

Question: Dear Luise, My mom is annoyingly over protective. I’m 14 in high school and get pretty good grades and I’m also pretty mature. But my mom is over protective, she wont let me get any other piercings besides my ears, she wont let me color my hair, or have a boyfriend or go to concerts with friends, or [...]

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