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Being a grandparents means a lot of things, but mostly it's embracing the fun, encouraging the good and living for the now, columnist Donna Vickroy says. (Getty Images)

Vickroy: Grandparenting’s the gift that lets you be a child again while still being in charge

August 15, 2024 at 6:46 p.m.

Being a grandparents means a lot of things, but mostly it's embracing the fun, encouraging the good and living for the now, columnist Donna Vickroy says.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is helped off the stage by U.S. Secret Service agents after being shot at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., July 13, 2024.(Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

Vickroy: In the crosshairs of a gun, all of us are equal

July 19, 2024 at 9:20 a.m.

Now that one of the country's top political leaders has been the target of an assassin, will it be enough to finally bring about tighter gun control laws?

Vickroy: Reliving some of life’s best moments, and feeling even more grateful

July 8, 2024 at 4:34 p.m.

Columnist Donna Vickroy says, "I would give anything to revisit the late people, places and moments that came to define who I am. If I could go back in time,...

Self-checkout machines can be a lesson in frustration and humiliation given all the things that will stop you from actually checking out without "assistance," columnist Donna Vickroy says. (Bebeto Matthews/AP)

Vickroy: Supermarkets have made ‘shop till you drop’ a real thing and I resent it

July 1, 2024 at 1:03 p.m.

Grocery shopping has become a dive into demoralization. “Should we try self-checkout?” I asked my husband, in that hopeful way people of a certain age try to be. He quickly...

Richards High School social studies teacher Christina Kreil, a new member of the U.S. National Women’s Amputee Soccer team, is devoting her summer to training for the first ever Women’s World Cup in Columbia this Nov. and to finding a cure for the rare disease that has plagued her since 2000. (Bob McParland)

Column: Richards teacher battles rare disease while preparing for amputee World Cup

June 27, 2024 at 5:21 a.m.

Richards teacher Christina Kreil's summer involves traveling to Columbia for amputee World Cup, battling rare 'Giant Cell' disease

Vickroy: College class to fill elective sparked a lifelong — and life-changing — love of art and learning

June 24, 2024 at 2:39 p.m.

Art Appreciation 101 counted toward my bachelor of arts degree requirements. But more than that, it gifted me with a lifelong love. I like to think that fate once handed...

Looking back over her father's life, columnist Donna Vickroy acknowledges it was mostly full of hard work and not a lot of money, but Vince Luna gave his children the important things that cash can't buy. (Donna Vickroy/Naperville Sun)

Vickroy: My father wasn’t a rich man but what he gave me can’t be calculated in dollars and cents

June 14, 2024 at 6:17 p.m.

The value of hard work and thinking for yourself are the gifts columnist Donna Vickroy's father gave to her that are worth so much more than money.

“The Alchemist,” a book written in 1988 by Paolo Coelho, tells the story of a young shepherd who sets off to find his treasure in a faraway land. (HarperCollins)

Vickroy: Those books you truly love give you new insight into it — and yourself — every time you reread it

June 8, 2024 at 12:49 p.m.

A good book like "The Alchemist" can have lifelong effects. It can reveal truths in you as it sends others on a journey, columnist Donna Vickroy says.

At age 60, columnist Donna Vickroy thought trading a full-time writing career for gardening would be easy because she didn’t know all that she didn’t know. In this photo, her dog enjoys the wildflower garden planted alongside the miniature railroad tracks. (Donna Vickroy/Naperville Sun)

Vickroy: In the world of gardening, what you don’t kill — and doesn’t kill you — will bloom

May 27, 2024 at 3:55 p.m.

Gardening is a labor of love -- and requires a love of labor. The rewards are the colors and smells and bees ang butterflies, columnist Donna Vickroy says.

High in the rolling hills of Mijas Pueblo, Spain, you'll find a terraced outpost rife with local Andalusian history and even a bullring. (Donna Vickroy/Naperville Sun)

Vickroy: Wherever you may travel, the old maxim is right: there’s no place like home

May 24, 2024 at 4:28 p.m.

Venturing into another country can be humbling, especially when you realize you know so very little about its people even though they seem to know so very much about yours.

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