>>BY KAM PARKER When I was ten years old in the Navy town of Norfolk, my friends and I would gather together the pennies we...[Read More]
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Articles >>When my husband and I were deciding when to start our family, our decision had as much to do with our ages at the time...[Read More]
>>BY CLAIRE LONG October is an often-romanticized month. There’s a strong aura of coziness and memories of sipping apple cider at the pumpkin patch with...[Read More]
>>I have agonized over telling my story. It’s the hardest story for me to tell. But knowing that my silence could mean another would-be mother...[Read More]
>>BY ELIZABETH QUEEN Allie’s* recovery from an eating disorder started three years ago. Since then, she and her family have paid over $100,000 out of...[Read More]
>>Alicia is a part-time medical records clerk who lives just outside of Charlotte with her boyfriend and their two preschool-aged children. Ever since her hours...[Read More]
>>BY KATERINA GMITTER “You are too young to have breast cancer.” These words were spoken to me by my OB-GYN three days before my life...[Read More]
>>Have you gotten a raise in the last year? Probably not, if you’re like the majority of North Carolinians. Unfortunately for you (and most of...[Read More]
>>Recently I overheard two women chatting at the farmer’s market, considering a case of artisanal beets. “I mean it’s just common sense,” the first opined....[Read More]
>>I love football. I wait every year for fall. I quake when training camp starts in August. I plan menus around my favorite teams’ matchups....[Read More]