DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m a man who is 6-foot-6 and 62 years old. My entire life, I have found myself bent in half when greeting women for whom a welcome hug is appropriate. My aunties, cousins, sisters ...

Margana Wood, Miss Texas America 2018, is a lot of things. She’s named after her two grandmothers, Martha and Gayna. She’s the fourth runner-up in the Miss America 2018 competition. She’s a dancer.

I’m going to leave work and shortly thereafter will be enveloped in arms, legs, chests and cheeks. (If my girls aren’t upstairs on their smart phones, that is.) Three gorgeous daughters: One skinny as ...