>>Think back to the last election. Do you remember how many Mitt Romney signs and how many Barack Obama signs appeared on your neighbors’ lawns?...[Read More]
Working Families
Articles >>BY LEANNE SIMON It started with a headache. My youngest son is not a complainer, so when he woke up in tears, we knew something...[Read More]
>>I’ve always thought the practice of making New Year’s Resolutions was a bit defeatist. Here you have a blank canvas, an untouched twelve months of...[Read More]
>>I’m a freelancer. There are months when checks are coming in – and others when things feel tight. After five years of doing it –...[Read More]
>>I should have known we were in for it when, in kindergarten, the first kid who lost a tooth joyfully reported the tooth fairy had...[Read More]
>>As organizations try to meet the needs of the thousands of North Carolinians living in poverty, food collection bins at our local stores are almost...[Read More]
>>Our airwaves, newspapers, and news feeds are saturated with commercials for the latest toy or gadget to get our kids this holiday. It stresses me...[Read More]
>>Since ‘Christmas creep’ is now a well established part of the Thanksgiving holiday, why can’t we have some carols? I’m hosting my first big family...[Read More]
>>My husband tells me all the time that I set artificial deadlines. “We have to be at the kids’ school by 5 pm” — it’s...[Read More]
>>I find it ironic that immigration has become a dirty little word over the last couple days in a country to which most everyone immigrated...[Read More]