Articles by Amy Shankland

No, Readers, you’re not hallucinating – this is still Amy Shankland’s column, not Jan Hart Leonard’s. However, as some of you have figured out, four Reporter columnists regularly meet as…

What’s your dream? Are you living it now or still working for it? Or did you give up on your dream a long time ago? Ever since I was eight,…

This was one of those weeks where I had a few strong ideas for my column, but nothing that would come close to 500 words. Thus, you all get to…

If there were an award for Most Clueless Person When It Comes to Sports, it would go to me, hands down. This amuses my family and friends to no end….

Influenza A hit our entire household last week like a freight train. I woke up a little after midnight Tuesday morning, Feb. 25 thinking, “Huh, my throat’s getting scratchy.” By…

When you’ve been married for as long as I have (26-plus years), there are bound to be a few inside jokes between you, your spouse, and your kids if you…

My husband John and I traveled to the delightful little town of Peotone, Ill., last Saturday. We met my brother-in-law Ron and his wife Shelly to close out my father-in-law’s…

I think it’s almost a rite of passage when you reach middle age to encounter issues with your back. What I commonly people saying is, “My back went out yesterday.”…

With all the bad things happening in the world, both near and far, I thought it was time to write a column to share tidbits of hope. Here goes! Feeling…