Donna Vickroy – Page 19

Vickroy: How the hunt for a fat Frosty became a respite from one man’s bottomless grief

December 9, 2022 at 1:47 p.m.

When a loved one dies, the mission to keep that person alive dies too. The adrenaline rush crashes, the momentum swings from survival mode to nothingness, and the focus shifts...

Vickroy: Chicago’s no ‘hellhole,’ especially during the holidays, and neither is anyone else’s hometown

December 1, 2022 at 11:54 a.m.

Lights on Michigan Avenue. Ice skating in Millennium Park. Merry, Merry Chicago! at the CSO. Looks like the "hellhole," as one gubernatorial candidate described it, has frozen over. And isn't...

A series of 23 calendars, one for every year since 2000, detail Tom Sullivan's daily milage, a number that recently reached the 25,000 milestone.

Mokena’s ‘Walking Man’ reaches 25,000-mile goal on eve of 87th birthday

November 30, 2022 at 5:15 a.m.

Tom Sullivan's journey "around the earth" began with a single step back in 2000, when he made a new year-new century goal to walk a thousand miles. Last month, the...

Vickroy: Tiny farm in middle of suburbs offers respite for those in need, and dates back to before Alcoholics Anonymous

November 25, 2022 at 1:44 p.m.

Body. Mind. Spirit. Since it began 90 years ago as a small cabin in the woods, The Center in Palos Park has had the same mission: to connect or reconnect...

"Emily would close her eyes and just belt out those songs. She really felt it, you could just tell. She'd scrunch up her nose, squeeze her eyes," Nadia Beazley said recently, reflecting on the phone call her 12-year-old daughter received from Taylor Swift. Emily died May 18, 2015, of cancer. In this picture from April 24, 2015, Ed Beazley holds his daughter as she stands on a ladder at the dedication of a street in her honor in Mount Greenwood.

7 years before she ‘broke the internet’ Taylor Swift placed a call to a dying Mount Greenwood girl

November 21, 2022 at 3:35 p.m.

Do the math — 3.5 billion requests for 2 million tickets? Things are bound to get ugly. But ugly is an understatement for the millions of fans who spent hours...

There is almost nothing grandparents wouldn't do with or for their grandchildren, mostly because they know moments are fleeting and memories last a lifetime, columnist Donna Vickroy says.

Vickroy: There are a million reasons to hug your grandparents, starting with they’ll hug you back

November 18, 2022 at 1:25 p.m.

Heading over the river and through the woods this holiday? Good. Because we're waiting. We grandparents were temporarily sidelined by the pandemic but we're back, ready to do what grandparents...

Overcoming feelings of disappointment or anger or upset can be achieved by deliberately trying to change your focus to one of gratitude, appreciation and acceptance, one therapist says.

Vickroy: Life got you down? Do as the therapists do and practice gratitude, appreciation and acceptance

November 11, 2022 at 10:49 a.m.

Angry? Disappointed? Hurt? Maybe your candidate didn't win. Maybe someone you were once close to isn't talking to you. Maybe life is just piling on. Whether your misery is national...

Vickroy: Outpouring of donations to dog rescue group gives mom some solace after teen daughter’s shocking COVID-19 death

November 4, 2022 at 12:59 p.m.

It was the heartbreak felt around the world. How could a healthy, vibrant teen with no underlying conditions suddenly succumb to COVID-19? Media across the country and even overseas covered...

Vickroy: How would you seek satisfaction in the saga of the stolen Snickers and the secret stash?

October 27, 2022 at 8:39 a.m.

For this Halloween horror story, we need to go back to a time when trick-or-treating was a free-for-all. Back when kids grabbed their sacks and hit the pavement, not returning...

The odds that anyone will try to tamper with your kids' Halloween loot are pretty small, according to Snopes.com, but there are other things to be aware of when the kids go trick-or-treating, officials say.

Vickroy: TP in your trees more likely than razorblades in your Snickers, but Halloween safety still a must

October 20, 2022 at 10:00 a.m.

Halloween began way back when the ancient Celts decided to dress up and light bonfires in an attempt to shoo away the dead. Over the centuries, All Hallows Eve has...

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