All Americans deserve an opportunity to have a safe and secure retirement. Unfortunately, the pandemic made it harder for those with lower incomes to save and widened the gap between those who have retirement savings and those who do not. A higher percent of U.S. households risk losing their ...

Our family is back at the Outer Banks for Thanksgiving week. We rent a large house and everyone comes who is available. We had two of our three children, some of the grandchildren and a number of other relatives and friends. The house is three story with 7 bedrooms. The kitchen is on the top ...

Sometimes you just have to make the best of things. No matter how well you plan and what good intentions you have, sometimes the world just gets in your way. When that happens, you can give up — or you can find a way to keep moving forward. For at least two or three years, my husband, ...

My mother made an incredible barbecue sauce. Growing up, we loved it when Mom made ham barbecue sandwiches for dinner. Mom’s ham barbecues were awesome. She found a way to make them spicy but sweet. Mom didn’t share her secret ingredients. Her sauce was unique and different than any ...

Do you remember how we used maps and compasses to find our way? Today, just about everybody has a GPS (Global Positioning System). I remember when I first got a GPS. It was for my 50th birthday because my family was tired of seeing me get lost. Now, a navigation system comes with a ...

Another Election Day has come and gone, and I am making every effort to leave the hectic campaign season behind and to focus on the happy days that are about to come. Elections have special meaning for journalists. While most other people are dimly aware that an election will occur in a few ...