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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.
Donna Vickroy: Black dogs have an image problem, and it’s time to get over it
I’m here, less than two weeks before Halloween, to dispel the myth that black dogs are scarier, meaner or in any way less lovable than their white, brown, gray, spotted or striped counterparts. Dogwash!
Donna Vickroy: My memory garden — where life and loss sit together in peace
Donna Vickroy’s memory garden, which contains elements in honor of her deceased mother, father and sister, is a place to seek solace when grief strikes unexpectedly as much as a place to sit and remember.
Donna Vickroy: Are school safety threats the new normal? Onus is on kids — and parents — to take action
The community is the hero in Tinley Park, Elgin, Joliet and many other Chicago-area towns, where alert and responsive kids and adults learned of threats to their schools and quickly reached out to authorities. “I can’t emphasize enough how important it is for the community to keep us in the know,” Tinley Park Police Chief Thomas Tilton said.