Age: 46 Location: Charlotte, NC As is true for so many people, middle school was a struggle for Michelle Icard. Her parents separated when she was six years old and she attended four different elementary schools. By the time she got to middle school, she switched from public school to private school. “I was in …
Ages: 83 (Carol), 84 (Richard) Location: Concord, NC Richard and Carol Schmidt have been married 63 years. They are both very involved in their community, volunteering their time and efforts to many worthwhile issues and causes. Their eight decades on earth, six of which they have spent together, have included many interesting turns, like the …
Location: Pepperell, Massachusetts Age: 51 If you are a Facebook friend of Brigette Polina’s, you know she loves dogs. Almost all of her posts have to do with dogs, but most of them are not the traditional “Look how cute my pooch is doing this!” or “Could you die at how adorable this puppy and …
Age: 38 Oklahoma City, OK When Tara Zaloudek’s stepsister had her first child in 2013, Tara became not just a devoted aunt, but someone who realized she wanted to fill her own home with children. As a single woman in her thirties, she knew she would have to explore alternatives to the traditional route for …
Location: Charlotte, NC Age: 49 When we moved to North Carolina in 1999, I was able to transition from my full time job at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC to working from home as a consultant and writer. My career took several turns (with my law degree becoming more and more tangential to …
Location: Washington, DC Age: (newly minted) 54 David and I met while we were both students at Georgetown University Law Center (oh so many years ago!) so it felt like great timing to be offered a chance to return to our old stomping grounds for a trip that coincided with both of our birthdays. We …
We are living in crazy times. From shootings to shutdowns, drug overdoses to poverty, and racial and political divides, there are lots of stories out there that frustrate, sadden and enrage me. But there are tons of good stories out there too. A lot of them don’t make the news, and sometimes you have to …