Op-Ed
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Tough Talk: This one’s for the girls
While celebrating women’s achievements during the month of March is a laudable idea to be sure, I can’t help but think maybe this 2025 is the year we women should address the elephant in the room, that one glass ceiling we just can’t manage to even crack — respect for…
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To help or not to help — is it worth the risk?
I hate when I see someone hitchhiking or seemingly stranded on the side of the road — especially when that someone is a woman, even more so at night. It is deeply ingrained in my nature to want to help and I always have to remind myself — giving a…
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Part Two: Who is Amber Rae Johnston?
WADESBORO — Since the body of Wadesboro’s Jane Doe was discovered during a May 2022 land survey in a wooded area behind the National Guard Armory in Wadesboro, two main contenders for her identity have emerged; April Michelle Reid and Amber Rae Johnston.
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Telling you how I really feel
While recently driving through my local Walmart parking lot, I noticed snatches of scorched brown fronds peeking out from between the bars of Walmart’s Outdoor Center and I was overcome with disgust as I knew them instantly to be my former springtime nemesis; the Boston Fern.
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Part One: My thoughts on Jane Doe
Certain outcomes can and always will be hard to accept- especially when one is consumed with knowing all the answers. The case of Wadesboro’s Jane Doe is one that has captured the attention of not only Ansonians but now through social media, the world. And it is one that leaves…
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Part One: What we know about Jane Doe
WADESBORO — Certain outcomes can and always will be hard to accept — especially when one is consumed with knowing all the answers. The case of Wadesboro’s Jane Doe is one that has captured the attention of not only Ansonians but now through social media, the world. And it is…
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Ode to Home Ec class and other lost skills
I’m not sure when the push to do away with cursive writing or home economics class happened — sometime between my own hated days spent in middle school home economics class and my daughter starting school, apparently.
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“A League of Their Own”
As adults we are often guilty of reminising about the glory days of our youth, and I must admit, the growing controversy over biological males competing in women’s sports has brought to mind my glory days spent on many a soccer field across our fair state playing for the 78-…
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The Flower Girl
My husband and I met in the Union County flower business nearly 16- years ago and it is only every once in a while the flower creativity bug bites me again. However, none of these times are during the hectic craze of Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day or when there is…
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You will know them by their fruit
Every summer, like clockwork, seemingly as soon as the last school bell of the year rang, my church youth group would take off for a week or two of missionary work, followed by another week at Look Up Lodge, a christian camp for youth in Traveler’s Rest, SC. One summer,…
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Are we burning our bras, aprons, or both this week?
Loneliness is an epidemic among America’s youth, with research indicating roughly half of all Americans are feeling lonely these days. This disturbing trend raises questions about the role of marriage in today’s society and if the feminist movement has been as beneficial as promised.
