Letters to the editor submitted to The Courier-News.
Letters to the Editor: Many questions unanswered about Elgin’s tent city
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Donna Vickroy: What a year it has been since you left us
It is better to hurt like hell because someone is gone than to never have known the joy that came from loving them.
Donna Vickroy: Not feeling so wonderful this holiday season? Make a plan to help yourself
It’s not ususual that the pressures of the world and life can suck away the positive feelings we want to be experiencing during the holidays. A little self-care and analysis can help a lot to counter the negativity and depression, two experts say.
Letters to the Editor: Kennedy not qualified to head health and human services
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Donna Vickroy: Nothing trivial about the magical memories from good old-fashioned holiday board game competitions
When the Trivial Pursuit game was brought out on Christmas Eve at columnist Donna Vickroy’s house, the family competition could be downright cutthroat.
Donna Vickroy: With ‘Wicked’ opening in theaters, not many know the connection ‘The Wizard of Oz’ has to Chicago
As “Wizard of Oz” excitement gears up with the film release of “Wicked,” not many know the connections the story and its author L. Frank Baum have to Chicago.
Donna Vickroy: When everything seems to go against your nature, let nature itself be your restorative
Birds are not only beautiful to look at but far more clever than we give them credit for when it comes to communicating about food and danger and staying warm.
Donna Vickroy: When everything goes to rot, remember you can do hard things
Life throws us difficult, seemingly impossible challenges, but it also provides others who are ready to help us get through it. And once you do, you will carry in your heart for the rest of your life the knowledge that you can do hard things.
Donna Vickroy: Worried, scared, despondent about the upcoming election? Let’s hope our best selves emerge
An election should pique your interest, raise concerns, propose opportunity, inspire a hopeful “what-if” kind of thinking. It shouldn’t make you feel like a cat on a hot tin roof.
Donna Vickroy: On a trek across ‘divided’ America, suburban retiree finds inner peace and unconditional acceptance
A 22-day, 5,700-mile odyssey across America leaves suburban man humbled, inspired and convinced we, as a people, are not as divided as we think we are.