By Anonymous Last week my family celebrated Independence Day, as I gained freedom from a narcissistic ghost that haunted me for over a decade. Last week my family became complete, and I was set free from a deep and terrible fear that my dear, sweet daughter would...
By Tiffany Rucker, MBA Motherhood is one of the most amazing experiences of a woman’s life. It is also one of the hardest. The transition from singlehood to motherhood is one of the least talked about. When a woman becomes pregnant, all the focus goes towards the...
By Alexia McKay It’s 2021, and representation still matters—perhaps more than ever. I don’t consider myself to be the poster image for all young, Black women. However, as a Black journalist—and now publisher—I do consider my position as a small corner of a larger picture that...
By Elliott Potter April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. This is part of a series featuring services offered for child-abuse survivors at the Child Advocacy Center of Onslow County in Jacksonville, N.C. When it comes to helping children through the investigations of physical, sexual and...
By Elliott Potter April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. This is part of a series featuring services offered for child-abuse survivors at the Child Advocacy Center of Onslow County in Jacksonville, N.C. In Onslow County in southeastern North Carolina, the Child Advocacy Center is the hub...
By Patricia Daly I began a countdown to retirement five years before that welcomed day arrived on June 30, 2011. I could not wait to be free of alarm clocks, office politics and the pervasive lack of time to have fun, travel and pursue personal interests....
By Patricia Daly When I retired in 2011, I wanted to fulfill a long-suppressed desire to nurture my spiritual development and love of writing that had been put on hold for decades. I joined a writing group of friends and began sharing spiritual stories with them. After...
By Tiffany Rucker, MBA Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. --African and Chinese Proverb It all started with a conversation about summer. My then 14-year-old son, Jeremiah, sat me down and...
By Elliott Potter Dawn Rochelle grew up in Onslow County in southeastern North Carolina, in the impact zone of a prominent military presence. The county's demographics are shaped by Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base, a sprawling installation where young service members train on land, in the...
By Anna M.A. Stracey It is easy to be mesmerized by Marcy Paini’s magnetism, creativity and intelligence. She is truly an artist, channeling her life experiences into her amazing multimedia works. Over the years, her style has transformed from minimalist paintings on canvas to photography to...