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A surprise wedding proposal gives Evergreen Park graduate a new high school memory years after her tearful prom

February 11, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

As Valentine's Day approached, Roberto Quiles proposed to the love of his life, presenting Callie Doran with both a ring and a new narrative on a painful high school experience....

Flowers and candy are wonderful to receive on Valentine's Day but it's those day-in and day-out things you do for each other that demonstrates real love.

Vickroy: Candy and flowers are nice but let’s gush about the million little things that mean ‘love’

February 12, 2022 at 7:16 p.m.

Remember "Love is ...," those sweet comics that were created in the 1960s by Kim Casali? For decades, they were a steady reminder that true love is not all fireworks...

Vickroy: COVID forces engaged couples to think small, intimate, unique when it comes to weddings

February 3, 2022 at 10:16 p.m.

In March 2021, our daughter married her sweetheart in a beautiful ceremony. Outdoors. On a Monday. With just 20 people, including the wedding planner and officiant, in attendance. It was...

When malls first opened, consumers were excited to have almost everything they needed under one roof and inside where it was warm, but shopping expeditions to places like the Fox Valley Mall would be exhausting, as this couple would no doubt confirm.

Vickroy: I don’t miss shopping out of necessity or for ‘fun,’ but what I wouldn’t do for one more day in the stores with mom

January 28, 2022 at 5:29 p.m.

Gather round, Zoomers, and I'll tell you about life in the way back, before cars came with chargers, phones fit in pockets and the only thing cryptic about your currency...

Column: Priest says Ukraine’s story of oppression and struggle began centuries ago

January 27, 2022 at 11:01 a.m.

Americans may think of Ukraine as a relatively new country, a small nation borne out of the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991. But, in fact, it is a sweeping nation...

Vickroy: ‘Beautiful soul’ overlooked because of his appearance shows that dogs are a lot like people

January 21, 2022 at 7:27 p.m.

Bogard is a 66-pound black dog with a couple of protruding front teeth. In other words, he is routinely overlooked by prospective adopters who visit the Naperville Area Humane Society....

If staying in bed was a solution to anxiety and fear and feeling unsafe, no one would get out from under the covers these days, experts say. But we must, and therefore we need find ways to deal with those feelings, according to those who spoke to columnist Donna Vickroy.

Vickroy: If our problems aren’t going away anytime soon, we need to find ways to cope

January 14, 2022 at 7:43 a.m.

Remote learning, record hospitalizations, vaccine mandates, business closures, death data, crime, wildfires, rising sea levels, supply shortages, fuel prices, and So. Much. Change. "People are very anxious right now," said...

Vickroy: 2021 may have been lousy for people, but these animal tales all have happy endings

January 7, 2022 at 12:38 p.m.

For humans, 2021 was a struggle in so many ways. But it was a good year for Milo, Yoyo, Hamilton the pig and 11 cows who live at the Children's...

Vickroy: Everything about 2021 was hard, but getting my dad into assisted living almost broke me

January 1, 2022 at 1:40 p.m.

It was a steamy 92 degrees the day my dad made a run for it. The 82-year-old hobbled his way down 14 stairs, clinging desperately to the iron railing. He...

Vickroy: Time to rethink Santa — the tradition fosters deceit, greed and bribery but can it be used for good?

December 24, 2021 at 11:43 a.m.

Santa Claus. A magical part of Western culture? Or a good idea gone bad? No doubt, the jolly guy in red charged with keeping kids on the straight and narrow...

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