Dear Amy: I have a 17-year-old daughter who identifies as a male.

Old-fashioned lilacs need full sun and have a short pruning period, but more modern varietals require less intensive maintenance for your garden.

Dear Amy: I have been in a 20-year relationship with a wonderful man who has been there for me — through thick and thin.

Dear Amy: I am a 73-year-old man. My wife died three years ago. This year would have been our 50th year of marriage.

Dear Amy: My husband and I watch our grandsons (ages 3 and 5) twice a week.

Mayor Lightfoot joined Dr. Arwady and other community leaders in a roundtable discussion on how the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and related social stressors impacted the racial life expectancy gap in Chicago.

Dear Amy: My psychiatrist suggested I write to you because none of the professionals we’ve consulted have an answer.

To correct drainage problems in the garden, consider tile drains or grading the landscape or yard.

Dear Amy: I am a husband and father of an 18-month-old daughter.

Roots will tell you a lot about health of plant, so look under the hood when shopping for house plants, trees and shrubs.

Dear Amy: My older sister is 75 and unmarried.

Many Ukrainian families around the world and in Chicago celebrate the Orthodox Easter this Sunday but like the resurrection of Christ in their faith, this year they hope to see suffering turning into joy become a reality for Ukraine.

Join the reporters and experts behind the series for a Facebook live conversation in Spanish about the stories by the Tribune and Injustice Watch at noon Wednesday.

Dear Amy: Occasionally, I get together with a few of my neighbors.

Students at the University of Illinois at Chicago are only two weeks away from finishing classes this semester, yet many undergraduate courses do not currently count with teacher and graduate assistants because the institution’s graduate workers have gone on strike.

Baseball fans, pack your Cubs jerseys and White Sox foam fingers, and make some memories at ballparks in San Francisco, Boston, Baltimore and more.

Dear Amy: My darling partner, “B,” has been a successful author, and has received a lot of satisfaction (and public acclaim) from it.

Dear Amy: I have been estranged from my mother for a little over a year. She was mentally and occasionally physically abusive to me while I was growing up. She herself was abused and neglected as a child.

Join the reporters for a Facebook live conversation about the series by the Tribune and Injustice Watch at noon Wednesday.

The first Chicago chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc., which has 125 mothers and over 250 children committed to service, leadership, and civic service, turns 75 this week with a curated DuSable Museum exhibit, teen docents, and celebration.

Dear Amy: They say you never forget your first love.

Dear Amy: I recently returned from a week-long visit to help my 90-year-old father, whereupon my husband of 46 years sat me down and said he had contacted a lawyer to file for a divorce, rented an apartment, and wanted me to sell our brand-new home.

While experts recommend pruning shrubs in winter, when you can better see branches, you can still trim some shrubs in early spring if you're careful.

Dear Amy: My late-husband had a significant indiscretion about 10 years into our 35-year marriage. We stayed together and in fact, I was his caregiver for over 10 years, until he died of ALS.

Most perennials are best divided in spring when they are showing a couple inches of growth, so April this is a good time to do it.

Dear Amy: My daughter’s boyfriend is a self-taught personal trainer (with no professional training).

University of Illinois Chicago professor Dick Simpson's new book "Democracy’s Rebirth: The View From Chicago" centers on political action, ethics, and politics. He offers a blueprint for reform centered on a reengaged, fully enfranchised electorate, a reinvigorated middle class, a narrowing of socioeconomic and racial divides, and strengthening of transparency, fairness and civic responsibility in our society.

Dear Amy: A few years ago, my in-laws sent my (then) young-adult daughter a birthday card. Normally this would have included a monetary gift or gift card.

Dear Amy: I’ve been married to my husband for 29 years. He’s a good dad to our grown children and a good husband to me.

Chicago Muslim organizations speak against the human rights violations of Islamic minorities in India with a billboard facing south on the northbound side of I-294, a half-mile before I-290.

Philadelphia this week became the first major U.S. city to reinstate its indoor mask mandate due to a sharp increase in reported coronavirus cases, perhaps leaving some wondering whether Chicago will be far behind.

Dear Amy: I’ve become good friends with a co-worker who started at the same job I did over 12 years ago.

Fans happy to return to tailgating and have high hopes for a winning season.

Dear Amy: My stepdaughter, “Serena,” and her husband, “Ned,” have two small children, ages 2 and 4. They also both have demanding, stressful jobs.

Jeffrey Wolin photographed and interviewed a wide swath of this vulnerable population in Chicago and Los Angeles to dispel stereotypes.

Dear Amy: My life is in a good place. My kids are out of the house, and I retired early.

Rabbits can eat plant buds and prevent shrubs and other garden plants from blossoming in the spring. Here's how to keep them away from your spring-flowering plants.

Dear Amy: We are a family of seven siblings, all in our 60s.

It is generally best to cut perennials back before they begin growing in spring to avoid damaging new growth, but if you get to it later just be more careful.

Dear Amy: Through some unusual circumstances too complicated to explain here, I met another man about seven and a half years ago.

Dear Amy: My mother often singled me out growing up. She verbally and physically abused me.

Fans travel from around the country to attend Opening Day at Wrigley Field.

Advocates say Illinois lawmakers should build welfare programs that mirror those for citizens, like food stamps and unemployment insurance.

Microweddings and elopements became more popular during the COVID-19 pandemic. New Orleans, New York City, Michigan and Colorado are perfect destinations.

Dear Amy: In the years following college, I had a close group of friends. As the years passed and our lives moved in different directions, our contact with each other gradually lessened, but we’d still keep in touch via Facebook, email, text, and the occasional dinner get-together.

Dear Amy: I really like my job, my boss, and my immediate coworkers.

Dear Amy: Recently, my biological father emailed me to say he’d like to get to know me. We’ve never met. He is 81, I am 64.

Dear Amy: Our middle school-age grandson has struggled with behavioral issues for most of his life. He now has been diagnosed with serious mental illness.

Tackling garden and lawn weeds in early spring, when they first appear, can reduce the amount of weeding required later in the growing season.

Dear Amy: Seven months ago, my-in-laws took my not-quite five-year-old child for an overnight, and broke the one rule that my spouse and I set for our child’s time with them: NOT to ride their ATV.